Validates that a value is a valid email address. The underlying value is cast to a string before being validated.
| Applies to | property or method |
| Class | |
| Validator | EmailValidator |
Basic Usage
- Attributes
- YAML
- XML
- PHP
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// src/Entity/Author.php
namespace App\Entity;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
class Author
{
#[Assert\Email(
message: 'The email {{ value }} is not a valid email.',
)]
protected $email;
}Note
As with most of the other constraints, null and empty strings are
considered valid values. This is to allow them to be optional values.
If the value is mandatory, a common solution is to combine this constraint
with NotBlank.
Options
groups
type: array | string
It defines the validation group or groups of this constraint. Read more about validation groups.
message
type: string default: This value is not a valid email address.
This message is shown if the underlying data is not a valid email address.
You can use the following parameters in this message:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
{{ value }} |
The current (invalid) value |
{{ label }} |
Corresponding form field label |
mode
type: string default: (see below)
This option defines the pattern used to validate the email address. Valid values are:
looseuses a simple regular expression (just checks that at least one@character is present, etc.). This validation is too simple and it's recommended to use one of the other modes instead;html5uses the regular expression of the HTML5 email input element, except it enforces a tld to be present.html5-allow-no-tlduses exactly the same regular expression as the HTML5 email input element, making the backend validation consistent with the one provided by browsers.strictvalidates the address according to RFC 5322 using the egulias/email-validator library (which is already installed when using Symfony Mailer; otherwise, you must install it separately).
6.2
The html5-allow-no-tld mode was introduced in 6.2.
Tip
The possible values of this option are also defined as PHP constants of
Email
(e.g. Email::VALIDATION_MODE_STRICT).
The default value used by this option is set in the framework.validation.email_validation_mode configuration option.
6.2
The loose value is deprecated since Symfony 6.2. Starting from
Symfony 7.0, the default value of this option will be html5.
normalizer
type: a PHP callable default: null
This option allows to define the PHP callable applied to the given value before checking if it is valid.
For example, you may want to pass the 'trim' string to apply the
trim PHP function in order to ignore leading and trailing
whitespace during validation.
payload
type: mixed default: null
This option can be used to attach arbitrary domain-specific data to a constraint. The configured payload is not used by the Validator component, but its processing is completely up to you.
For example, you may want to use several error levels to present failed constraints differently in the front-end depending on the severity of the error.
