View source for JMailHelper/cleanAddress

===Description===
Verifies that an e-mail address does not have any extra headers injected into it.

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===Syntax===
<source lang="php">cleanAddress($address)</source>

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!Parameter Name
!Default Value
!Description
|-
| $address
| 
|  $address E-Mail address. 
|}

===Returns===
string|false E-Mail address string or boolean false if injected headers are present. 

===Defined in===
libraries/joomla/mail/helper.php
===Importing===
<source lang="php">jimport( 'joomla.mail.helper' );</source>

===Source Body===
<source lang="php">
function cleanAddress($address)
{
        if (preg_match("[\s;,]", $address)) {
                return false;
        }
        return $address;
}
</source>

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===Examples===
=== Code Examples ===
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