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

I also did my own mysql crawler to search some wordpress configuration, was unable to find it in both the interface and database, and database dumps were too heavy and unreadable. I must say I can't do without it now.

It works like the one from @Olivier, but it manages exotic database / table names and is LIKE-joker safe.

setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);

$tables = $dbh->query("SHOW TABLES");
while (($table = $tables->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM)) !== false)
{
    $fields = $dbh->prepare("SELECT COLUMN_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = ? AND TABLE_NAME = ?");
    $fields->execute(array ($database, $table[0]));

    $ors = array ();
    while (($field = $fields->fetch(PDO::FETCH_NUM)) !== false)
    {
        $ors[] = str_replace("`", "``", $field[0]) . " LIKE REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(:search, '\\\\', '\\\\\\\\'), '%', '\\%'), '_', '\\_'), '*', '%'), '?', '_')";
    }

    $request = 'SELECT * FROM ';
    $request .= str_replace("`", "``", $table[0]);
    $request .= ' WHERE ';
    $request .= implode(' OR ', $ors);
    $rows = $dbh->prepare($request);

    $rows->execute(array ('search' => $criteria));

    $count = $rows->rowCount();
    if ($count == 0)
    {
        continue;
    }

    $str = "Table '{$table[0]}' contains {$count} rows matching '{$criteria}'.";
    echo str_repeat('-', strlen($str)), PHP_EOL;
    echo $str, PHP_EOL;
    echo str_repeat('-', strlen($str)), PHP_EOL;

    $counter = 1;
    while (($row = $rows->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) !== false)
    {
        $col = 0;
        $title = "Row #{$counter}:";
        echo $title;
        foreach ($row as $column => $value)
        {
            echo
            (($col++ > 0) ? str_repeat(' ', strlen($title) + 1) : ' '),
            $column, ': ',
            trim(preg_replace('!\s+!', ' ', str_replace(array ("\r", "\t", "\n"), array ("", "", " "), $value))),
            PHP_EOL;
        }
        echo PHP_EOL;
        $counter++;
    }
}

Running this script could output something like:

---------------------------------------------------
Table 'customers' contains 1 rows matching '*iemblo'.
---------------------------------------------------
Row #1: email_client: my@email.com
        numero_client_compta: C05135
        nom_client: Tiemblo
        adresse_facturation_1: 151, My Street
        adresse_facturation_2: 
        ville_facturation: Nantes
        code_postal_facturation: 44300
        pays_facturation: FR
        numero_tva_client: 
        zone_geographique: UE
        prenom_client: Alain
        commentaires: 
        nom_societe: 
        email_facturation: my@email.com