overint/php-mailgun-validation

Validate email address with Mailgun's validation service (Syntax checks, DNS validation, MX validation)

php-mailgun-validation

Validate email address with Mailgun's validation service (Syntax checks, DNS validation, MX validation)
You can view Mailgun's blog post about the service here: http://blog.mailgun.com/free-email-validation-api-for-web-forms/
An API key is required to use this library, it can be obtained from mailgun's site after signup:
https://mailgun.com/app/account/security, _(*1)

~~The service is free, however fair usage limits do apply (detailed in the post linked above)~~.
Mailgun no longer offers this service for free, however this library works fine with the new paid service., _(*2)

Installing using Composer

You can install this package using composer:, _(*3)

composer require overint/php-mailgun-validation

Example Use Case

<?php
require 'vendor\autoload.php';
use overint\MailgunValidator;

$validator = new MailgunValidator('your-mailgun-public-key');

echo var_dump($validator->validate('test@example.com')); //bool(false)
echo var_dump($validator->validate('someuser@gmail.com')); //bool(true)
echo var_dump($validator->validate('someuser@hotmail.com')); //bool(true)
echo var_dump($validator->validate('someuser@aol.com')); //bool(true)
echo var_dump($validator->validate('misformed@domain')); //bool(false)
echo var_dump($validator->validate('invalid@anonexistingdomain.com')); //bool(false)

echo var_dump($validator->validateExtended('someuser@ymail.com'));

 object(stdClass)#207 (8) { 
    ["address"]=> string(18) "someuser@ymail.com" 
    ["did_you_mean"]=> NULL 
    ["is_disposable_address"]=> bool(false) 
    ["is_role_address"]=> bool(false) 
    ["is_valid"]=> bool(true) 
    ["mailbox_verification"]=> string(4) "true" 
    ["parts"]=> object(stdClass)#208 (3) { 
        ["display_name"]=> NULL 
        ["domain"]=> string(9) "ymail.com" 
        ["local_part"]=> string(8) "someuser" 
    } 
    ["reason"]=> NULL 
}