[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26805: is_email not allowing apostrophe

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#26805: is_email not allowing apostrophe
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 Reporter:  contrid            |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Validation         |     Version:  3.8
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |
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Changes (by bcworkz):

 * keywords:   => reporter-feedback


Comment:

 Apostrophe is allowed per RFC5322 and is properly accepted by `is_email()`
 in version 3.8. For example, this returns true (valid):
 `is_email('j.d.o\'farrell at example.com');`

 Maybe you are using a UTF-8 character that looks like an apostrophe, such
 as HTML entity `‘`?

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