Retrieving e-mails from any string

Question

I have a string and I want to retrieve all e-mails contained in that string.

I can get the @domain.com part with this code:

 preg_match_all('{@(([^ ]*)\.com)}', $string, $matches);
 print_r($matches[1]);

What I want to get is:

name@domain.com

possible duplicate of [getting emails out of string - regex syntax + preg_match_all](http://stackoverflow.com/q/15050915/1438393) — Amal Murali, Nov 26 '13 at 16:45
possible duplicate of [Using a regular expression to validate an email address](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/201323/using-a-regular-expression-to-validate-an-email-address) — The Guy with The Hat, Nov 26 '13 at 16:55

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 26 '13 at 16:50

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You must use a complete email regex :

^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$

answered Nov 26 '13 at 16:50

user3037249

Thanks for the quick reply. But my array is empty with that regex code :z – 2Noob2Good Nov 26 '13 at 17:03
Adding `^$` to the expression will make it fail since it means that the string should only contain an email address. I'm wondering why this is upvoted that much ... – HamZa Nov 26 '13 at 18:46

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