php function to verify email address

function is_valid_email($email, $test_mx = false)
{
if(eregi("^([_a-z0-9-]+)(.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@([a-z0-9-]+)(.[a-z0-9-]+)*(.[a-z]{2,4})$", $email))
if($test_mx)
{
list($username, $domain) = split("@", $email);
return getmxrr($domain, $mxrecords);
}
else
return true;
else
return false;
}
?>