Validate email

function validate_email($email)
{
$pattern = "^[_a-zA-Z0-9-](\.{0,1}[_a-zA-Z0-9-])*@([a-zA-Z0-9-]{2,}\.){0,}[a-zA-Z0-9-]{3,}(\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}){1,2}$";
if (ereg($pattern, $email)){
$return = true;
}else {
$return = false;
}
return $return;
}
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Eduardo R. Coll