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Detect language from string in PHP
How do I change the class of a textarea based on the language it contains (arabic, spanish, etc)?
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Please try to make your question more clear. What does ** echoing a class value to according to its language.** mean – samayo Dec 26 '12 at 15:37
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3Probably not, at least not reliably. For example, if I simply enter the word "no", what language would that be? – David Dec 26 '12 at 15:37
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@TheCOMPLETEPHPNewbie better? – Naftali Dec 26 '12 at 15:38
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1@David Italian. [**DUUUH**](http://translate.google.com/#it/en/No) – Naftali Dec 26 '12 at 15:39
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@Neal Spanish! That's what Google told me. – jadkik94 Dec 26 '12 at 15:40
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maybe `$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']` can help you a little, just a little. – Igor Parra Dec 26 '12 at 15:41
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Your orignial question mentions arabic.
If by detecting language you mean arabic vs. english characters, then you can use this:
preg_match('/[\x{0600}-\x{06FF}]/ui', $string)
Considering your input is in UTF-8 encoding, the character range for arabic is U+0600 to U+06FF, for some other language it's another set of characters, etc.
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