PHP: Allow Letters, Numbers and Arabic Character

Question

How can I resolve the Arabic character in preg_match?

if(!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/", "لحمدلله")) {
    echo "Firstname can only use letters, numbers and arabic characters.";
}

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LOVE PHP 26 Mar 17 at 6:31 am

1 answer

Alireza · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-26T07:07:14+0000

you can use this:

if(!preg_match("/^[\p{Arabic}a-zA-Z0-9]+$/u", "لحمدلله")) {
    echo "Firstname can only use letters, numbers and arabic characters.";
}