A simple Laravel 5 Service to easily validate and verify if an Email Address is genuine or not. Uses the free MailboxLayer API (Quotas Apply).
- Laravel 5
- PHP 7
- Guzzle ^6.3
- Mailbox Layer Account
composer require JonathanPort/genuine-email-validator
Before using, make sure to add your Mailbox Layer API key into your project's .env under: MAILBOXLAYER_KEY. Alternatively, you can pass the key through to the class when making a new instance:
$service = new GenuineEmailValidator($key = 'YOUR_KEY_HERE');To use the service, create a new instance of the service or pass the service as a controller method parameter via dependency injection.
The service contains two public methods:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use JonathanPort\GenuineEmailValidator\GenuineEmailValidator;
class TestController extends Controller
{
public function test(GenuineEmailValidator $service)
{
// Returns Mailbox Feedback or false
$service->emailAddressIsGenuine('hello@jonathanport.com');
// Returns standard Laravel Email Validator Instance
$service->emailAddressIsValid('hello@jonathanport.com', $uniqueColumn = 'users');
}
}
Note: MailboxLayer is a free API but has a limited request quota. There should be enough monthly quota to get you by for dev testing but to use for a production site, I would strongly suggest upgrading to the "Basic Plan". It's $9.99 / mo with a 20% discount if paid for yearly. $9.99 gets you 5000 requests per month to play around with. Handy for new sites with limited traffic or small startup applicatons on a budget.
Use sparingly and avoid making any crazy loops that could eat up your request quota and you'll be fine.