function validateEmail(email) { var reg = /^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@\"]+)*)|(\".+\"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/; return reg.test(email); } $(document).ready(function() { $("#passForm").submit(function() { var err=0; var email1val = $("#email").val(); var mailvalid1 = validateEmail(email1val); if(mailvalid1 == false) { $("#champ_email").removeClass("green"); $("#champ_email").addClass("red"); err++; } if (err>0) { return false; } }); });