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Asked: 2026-05-28T13:50:58+00:00

If I wanted to find the @ character within a string. Would I use

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If I wanted to find the @ character within a string. Would I use preg_match?

This is what I am trying now.

if (preg_match('/^@/', $email)===TRUE) {

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  1. Editorial Team

    A regular expression isn’t necessary. You can use strpos.

    if (strpos($email, "@") !== FALSE)
    //...

    From the manual:

    Returns the position of where the needle exists relative to the
    beginnning of the haystack string (independent of offset). Also note
    that string positions start at 0, and not 1.

    Returns FALSE if the needle was not found.

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