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namespace Weedo\Validate;

/**
 * Weedo EmailAddress Validator class.
 *
 * @author http://twitter.com/kaweedo
 */

class EmailAddress extends \Zend_Validate_Abstract
{
    const INVALID = 'emailAddressInvalid';

    protected $_messageTemplates = array(
        self::INVALID => "Email is not valid"
    );

     /**
     * isValid function.
     * Defined by Zend_Validate_Interface
     *
     * Returns true if and only if $value is a valid email address
     * according to RFC2822
     *
     * @access public
     * @link   http://php.net/manual/en/function.filter-var.php
     * @param  string $value
     * @return boolean
     */

    public function isValid($value)
    {
        if(filter_var($value, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) === false) {
            $this->_error(self::INVALID);
            return false;
        } else {
            // We only check the presence of a dot on the domain part
            $components = explode("@", $value);
            $domain = $components[1];

            if (strpos($domain, ".") === false) {
                $this->_error(self::INVALID);
                return false;
            }

            return true;
        }
    }
}

$emailAddressValidator = new Weedo\Validate\EmailAddress();
/* $emailAddressValidator = new Zend_Validate_EmailAddress(); too complicated */

$this->addElement(
        'text',
        'email',
        array(
            'placeholder'     => ucfirst($this->getTranslator()->translate('Your email'))."*",
            'required'  => true,
            'validators' => 
            array(
                array('NotEmpty', true, array('messages' => $this->getTranslator()->translate('Email is mandatory'))),
                array($emailAddressValidator,true),
            ),
        )
    );