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Validates email format

Validate various formats of email address against RFC 2822.

Usage

class PersonTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
  should_validate_email_format_of :email
end

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates_email_format_of :email
end

Options

:message =>
  String. A custom error message (default is: " does not appear to be a valid e-mail address")

:on =>
  Symbol. Specifies when this validation is active (default is :save, other options :create, :update)

:allow_nil =>
  Boolean. Allow nil values (default is false)

:allow_blank =>
  Boolean. Allow blank values (default is false)

:if =>
  Specifies a method, proc or string to call to determine if the validation should occur 
  (e.g. :if => :allow_validation, or :if => Proc.new { |user| user.signup_step > 2 }). The method, 
  proc or string should return or evaluate to a true or false value. 

:unless =>
  See :if option.

Testing

To execute the unit tests run rake test.

The unit tests for this plugin use an in-memory sqlite3 database.

Installing the gem

  • gem sources -a http://gems.github.com (only needed once)
  • sudo gem install dancroak-validates_email_format_of

Credits

Written by Alex Dunae (dunae.ca), 2006-07.

Thanks to Francis Hwang (http://fhwang.net/) at Diversion Media for creating the 1.1 update.

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