How to write a regular expression to match Arabic, English, numeric and spaces?

Question

Using regular expressions in PHP, how can I make the user type Arabic, English, numbers, _, - or a space.

For example, a user may enter the following lines:

• 10-a bc
• 10- من
• 10- ab من
• _abc من -10

Answer 1

To check arabic characters you can use

\p{InArabic}

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Answer 2

, _ - ... [a-zA-Z0-9_-]* ( , , , )... (, , )... , ...

...;)

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Answer 3

Try the following:

'/^([a-zA-Z0-9]|[\p{Arabic}]|[_])*$/u'