Code for Email validation snippet in PHP-
$email = $_POST['email'];
if(preg_match("~([a-zA-Z0-9!#$%&'*+-/=?^_`{|}~])@([a-zA-Z0-9-]).([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,4})~",$email))
{
echo 'This is a valid email.';
} else{
echo 'This is an invalid email.';
}