class isEmail{ public function run($email){ if(ereg("^([a-zA-Z0-9_-])+@([a-zA-Z0-9_-])+(.[a-zA-Z0-9_-])+",$email)){ return true; }else{ return false; } } } $isEmail=new isEmail; if($isEmail->run("going")==false){ echo "email is wrong"; }