note 105266 added to function.preg-match

You can use the following pattern to match Cyrillic characters $str="ABC abc 1234 АБВ абв"; $pattern = "/^[a-zA-Z\p{Cyrillic}0-9\s\-]+$/u"; $result = (bool) preg_match($pattern, $str); if($result) echo "$str is composed of Cyrillic and alphanumeric characters\n"; see the following post for more examples: http://itworkarounds.blogspot.com/2011/08/validating-cyrillic-utf8-alphanumeric.html ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 95.180.200.222 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/105266 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105266/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105266/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105266/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105266/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105266/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105266/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105266 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/105266 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php