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

There is a nice library for reading all tables, ridona

$database = new ridona\Database('mysql:dbname=database_name;host=127.0.0.1', 'db_user','db_pass');

foreach ($database->tables()->by_entire() as $row) {

....do

}