How do I use regex in a SQLite query?

Question

I\'d like to use a regular expression in sqlite, but I don\'t know how.

My table has got a column with strings like this: \"3,12,13,14,19,28,32\" Now if I type \"whe

Answer 1

A SQLite UDF in PHP/PDO for the REGEXP keyword that mimics the behavior in MySQL:

$pdo->sqliteCreateFunction('regexp',
    function ($pattern, $data, $delimiter = '~', $modifiers = 'isuS')
    {
        if (isset($pattern, $data) === true)
        {
            return (preg_match(sprintf('%1$s%2$s%1$s%3$s', $delimiter, $pattern, $modifiers), $data) > 0);
        }

        return null;
    }
);

The u modifier is not implemented in MySQL, but I find it useful to have it by default. Examples:

SELECT * FROM "table" WHERE "name" REGEXP 'sql(ite)*';
SELECT * FROM "table" WHERE regexp('sql(ite)*', "name", '#', 's');

If either $data or $pattern is NULL, the result is NULL - just like in MySQL.