Is it possible to split a jQeury.format value? javascript $().ready(function() {
$("#check").validate({ rules: { email: { required: true, email: true, remote: "domain_check.php" }, }, messages: { email: { email: "Please type a valid email address", required: "Your email address.", remote: jQuery.format("The domain entered does not {0} exists. Or you made a type error.") } }); }); php script: domain_check.php. script is taken from http://www.devshed.com <?php $request = trim(strtolower($_GET['mail'])); list($userName, $hostName) = split("@", $request); // Function to check whether a given hostName is a valid email // domain address. function myCheckDNSRR($hostName, $recType = '') { if(!empty($hostName)) { if( $recType == '' ) $recType = "MX"; exec("nslookup -type=$recType $hostName", $result); // check each line to find the one that starts with the host // name. If it exists then the function succeeded. foreach ($result as $line) { if(eregi("^$hostName",$line)) { return true; } } // otherwise there was no mail handler for the domain return false; } return false; } $valid = 'false'; // If you are running this test on a Windows machine, you'll need to // uncomment the next line and comment out the checkdnsrr call: if (myCheckDNSRR($hostName,"MX")) //if (checkdnsrr($hostName,"MX")) $valid = 'true'; else $valid = 'false'; echo $valid; ?> The php script checkes the part after the '@' to see it the entered domain exists. If not an error message is revealed with remote: jQuery.format("The domain entered does not {0} exists. Or you made a type error.") Now {0} will show the whole email address. But I want only the second part after the '@' to be displayed I've tried to do this with php but it won't split the email address remote: jQuery.format("{0}" + "<?php $mail = "{0}"; list($userName, $hostName) = split('@', $mail); echo $hostName;?>") $mail = "{0}" works. echo $mail also works but echo $hostName will show an empty string. echo $userName will show the whole email address. Can this be done with php or should i use javascript to split the email address and how?