# Using acts\_as\_ferret in non Latin languages

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-acts-as-ferret-in-non-latin-languages/104047>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 13, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-acts-as-ferret-in-non-latin-languages/104047 "2007-05-13T16:21:43Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-acts-as-ferret-in-non-latin-languages/104047/1 "2007-05-13T16:21:43Z")

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Hi all,

I want to use acts\_as\_ferret in persian language, i have installed  
ferret and acts as ferret successfully and write model and controller  
code like the following but by all parameter there is no results.  
please review this code and guide me to solve this problem.

require ‘acts\_as\_ferret’  
require ‘rubygems’  
require ‘ferret’

include Ferret

```
has_many :works
validates_presence_of :code
acts_as_ferret({:fields => [:fname, :lname] }, {:analyzer =>
  Ferret::Analysis::RegExpAnalyzer.new(/

```

[ابپتثجچحخدذرزصضسشطظکگفقلمنهی]+/,false)})

Controller :

def search  
@page\_title = “Search”  
if params[:commit] == “Search” || params[:q]  
@person = MPhone.find\_by\_contents(params[:q])  
unless @person.size \> 0  
flash.now[:notice] = “No books found matching your criteria”  
end  
end  
end