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1_customFunctions.php

<?php
//الملف ده اللى بيكون موجود فيه الدوال المساعده للشغل وغالبا بيكون مساره كالتالى  
// app/helper/help.php
// ملحوظه (الملف ده انت اللى بتعمله عشان تحط جوا الفنكشنز اللى هتساعدك فى شغلك )0
#================ search at sql text to regx =====================================
function sql_text_to_regx($string){
    $alamat             = array("+","=","-","_",")","(","*","&","^","%","$","#","@","!","/","\\","|",">","<","?","؟");
    $alamat_change      = "";

    $alef               = array("ا","أ","آ","إ");
    $alef_change        = "@@@";
    $alef_last_change   = "(ا|أ|آ|إ)";

    $yeh                = array("ى","ي");
    $yeh_change         = "(ي|ى)";

    $teh                = array("ة","ه");
    $teh_change         = "(ة|ه)";

    $abd                = array("عبد {$alef_change}ل","عبد{$alef_change}ل");
    $abd_change         = "(عبدال|عبد ال)";

    $alfLam                = array("{$alef_change}ل{$alef_change}","{$alef_change}");
    $alfLam_change         = "(ا|أ|آ|إلا|أ|آ|إ|ا|أ|آ|إ)";

    $all_changes        = array($alamat,       $alef       ,$yeh       ,$teh       ,$abd       ,$alfLam       ,$alef_change       );
    $replaces           = array($alamat_change,$alef_change,$yeh_change,$teh_change,$abd_change,$alfLam_change,$alef_last_change  );

    $id = 0;
    foreach ($all_changes as $change) {     
        $string = str_replace($change,$replaces[$id],$string);
        $id++;    
    }
    return $string;
}

2_AreaController.php

<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Area;
use DB;
class AreaController extends Controller
{
// طبعا ده الكنترولر اللى هيتنفذ فيه الشغل 
    public function test($text){
        $areas = Area::whereRaw('name REGEXP "'.sql_text_to_regx($text).'"')->get();
        return view('test',compact('areas'));
    }
// اللى مهمتها تحويل الحروف اللى حددناها لصيغة الرجيكس ب sql_text_to_regx() هنا استدعينا الفنكشن
}

3_web.php

<?php
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes --------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
| 
*/
#=================================================================================
#============================ test Area ==========================================
	
route::get('/test/{text}','AreaController@test');

4_Area.php

<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
// الموديل بالمره يلا هه :D
class Area extends Model 
{
    protected $table = 'areas';
    public $timestamps = true;
    protected $fillable = ['parent_id','name'];
}

test.blade.php

<?php
//ده الفيو بتاعنا 

dd($areas);

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