Respect/Validation email() don't work

Question

I use Respect/Validation and when I use email()...the problem is:

if I validate a string: validator::email()->validate('hello@helloworld.com'); it work!

if I validate a variable: validator::email()->validate($_POST['email']); it doesn't work!

I try to check the content into $_POST['email'] and it's: hello@helloworld.com

the exact output of var_dump($_POST['email']); is: string(21) " hello@helloworld.com"

with the hello@helloworld.com: string(21) " hello@helloworld.com" — Matteo Calò, Aug 22 '13 at 12:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 22 '13 at 12:59

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As you can see in the output of var_dump($_POST['email']), there is a whitespace in front of the email address:

string(21) " hello@helloworld.com"

So you have to remove that from your parameter, e.g. with trim():

validator::email()->validate(trim($_POST['email']));

answered Aug 22 '13 at 12:59

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I don't think this is correct, and the Respect library is actually correctly returning that it's an invalid email address. It should serve an error and the user fix it themselves. IMO – James Feb 03 '23 at 15:07

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