Search text in fields in every table of a MySQL database

Question

I want to search in all fields from all tables of a MySQL database a given string, possibly using syntax as:

SELECT * FROM * WHERE * LIKE \'%stuff%\'
         


        

Answer 1

PHP function:

function searchAllDB($search){
    global $mysqli;

    $out = "";

    $sql = "show tables";
    $rs = $mysqli->query($sql);
    if($rs->num_rows > 0){
        while($r = $rs->fetch_array()){
            $table = $r[0];
            $out .= $table.";";
            $sql_search = "select * from ".$table." where ";
            $sql_search_fields = Array();
            $sql2 = "SHOW COLUMNS FROM ".$table;
            $rs2 = $mysqli->query($sql2);
            if($rs2->num_rows > 0){
                while($r2 = $rs2->fetch_array()){
                    $column = $r2[0];
                    $sql_search_fields[] = $column." like('%".$search."%')";
                }
                $rs2->close();
            }
            $sql_search .= implode(" OR ", $sql_search_fields);
            $rs3 = $mysqli->query($sql_search);
            $out .= $rs3->num_rows."\n";
            if($rs3->num_rows > 0){
                $rs3->close();
            }
        }
        $rs->close();
    }

    return $out;
}