Hi all,

I'm trying to fix bug #3865[1] and I have some queries regarding the expected behavior that I'd like to get clarified.

MySQL LIKE clause takes a regular expression as its argument[2]. In the table search interface phpMyAdmin facilitate querying a field with a LIKE clause by letting the user select the option from a drop down.

So I'd like to know whether phpMyAdmin should consider the text entered by the user to be a regular expression (and pass it as it is) or consider it to be the text to match (and do the necessary escaping)?

If we are to escape the user entered text following are some of the replacements that should be done
% => \%
_ => \_

\ => \\ (at the end of the text) or \\\\ (any where else in the text)

\n => \\n

If we escape the user entered text, user cannot query with MySQL wildcards % and _, limiting the full power of MySQL pattern matching.

I would be grateful if you could clarify the expected behavior.

Thanks in advance.

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