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Add REGEXP_REPLACE(), REGEXP_SUBSTR(), and REGEXP_INSTR() - #625
This PR adds MySQL's REGEXP_REPLACE(), REGEXP_SUBSTR(), and REGEXP_INSTR() functions, built on the REGEXP engine from #624. It also enables their test suites from #622. Before, all 16,649 cases of each suite failed, because the functions didn't exist. Now, these fail on PHP 8.5:
Almost all of them also fail for REGEXP_LIKE() (766), mostly because of ICU syntax that PCRE doesn't have.
It's the second of the PRs that split #368 into smaller chunks.
The main changes:
REGEXP_REPLACE() replaces every match, or only a chosen one, with MySQL's replacement syntax: $1, ${name}, and backslash escapes.
REGEXP_SUBSTR() returns a match, and REGEXP_INSTR() returns where it starts or ends.
Positions count characters in text, and bytes in binary data that isn't valid UTF-8, like in MySQL.
Empty matches move the search forward by one character, like in MySQL. So REGEXP_REPLACE('ab', '|a', '-') returns -a-b-, where PHP's preg_replace() would give ---b-.
\G and \K work like in MySQL: \G matches only where the previous match ended, and \K is a literal "K". In PHP, \K in a lookbehind could make a search loop forever.
Arguments work like in MySQL 8.4: pos one past the end, a negative occurrence, NULL arguments, and errors for invalid ones, checked in MySQL's order.
Why
Apps and plugins use these functions, and queries with them failed, because the driver didn't support them.
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New Features
Added support for REGEXP_REPLACE, REGEXP_SUBSTR, and REGEXP_INSTR in MySQL-compatible SQLite queries, including occurrence selection, match positions, and replacement references.
Regex operations now support binary data and character- or byte-based positions, with improved handling of NULL values, match options, and empty matches.
Tests
Expanded coverage for regex functions and enabled their compatibility tests. Known differences are tracked across runtime versions.
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The SQL translator and SQLite UDF registry now support REGEXP_REPLACE, REGEXP_SUBSTR, and REGEXP_INSTR. The implementations handle validation, replacement, match selection, and character or byte positions. Tests cover SQL usage, edge cases, and PCRE-specific compatibility failures.
Changes: Regular expression functions
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SQL translation and UDF registration packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/sqlite/class-wp-mysql-on-sqlite.php, packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-pdo-user-defined-functions.php
The translator casts arguments for the new functions. The UDF registry registers them with their supported arities.
Function behavior and matching helpers packages/mysql-on-sqlite/src/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-pdo-user-defined-functions.php
The UDFs implement replacement, substring, and position results. Helpers handle argument validation, text and byte offsets, replacement references, match iteration, pattern escaping, and JIT-stack retries.
SQL integration and binary matching packages/mysql-on-sqlite/tests/WP_MySQL_On_SQLite_Tests.php
sequenceDiagram
participant SQL as SQL statement
participant Translator as translate_function_call
participant Registry as SQLite UDF registry
participant RegexpSubstr as regexp_substr
participant Matcher as regexp_match
SQL->>Translator: translate call and cast arguments
Translator->>Registry: provide translated function call
Registry->>RegexpSubstr: invoke registered function
RegexpSubstr->>Matcher: search subject and pattern
Matcher-->>RegexpSubstr: return match data and offsets
RegexpSubstr-->>SQL: return substring or NULL
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The new regex functions work as intended in the ordinary cases. Replacing every character in very large text values can be slow on PHP 7.2 and 7.3. Newer PHP versions are not affected.
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- Line 1500: Update the replacement matching loop around regexp_match so it
avoids revalidating the entire UTF-8 subject on each offset-based match. Use a
strategy that prevents quadratic validation on supported PHP versions while
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ICU reads "\K" as the letter "K", also in a set. PCRE reads it as a reset
of the match start, so 'aKb' REGEXP 'a\\Kb' returned 0, where MySQL
returns 1.
The reset can also move the start of a match to before the place where
the search started, like in "(?<=\Ka)". A loop that searches for one
match after another would then find the same match forever.
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Preserve the anchor position when \G occurs inside a lookbehind.
For REGEXP_SUBSTR('ab', '(?<=\\Ga)b', 2), the iterator selects $without_g because the starting byte offset is 1. This rewrite returns NULL. MySQL returns 'b': the lookbehind reaches byte offset 0, where \G still matches the subject start. Keep \G tied to its anchor position instead of making it fail everywhere when the search offset advances. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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- Line 1399: Update the regex escape-rewriting logic around `$escapes`, `$next`,
and `$character` to recognize `(?#...)` comments and preserve their contents,
including `\G`, without applying the `\G` rewrite inside them. Ensure the
resulting pattern remains valid for `regexp_matches()` to compile and search.
- Line 693: Update the REGEXP_REPLACE argument normalization around the
$occurrence cast to use MySQL-compatible numeric coercion before validation and
replacement-mode selection. Apply the same normalization to pos and
return_option so fractional values follow MySQL’s rounding behavior.
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Implement MySQL's REGEXP_REPLACE(expr, pattern, replacement [, pos
[, occurrence [, match_type]]]).
Positions count characters, not bytes. An occurrence of 0 replaces every
match, and a negative one replaces the first. Like in MySQL, pos may be
one past the end, and an empty subject is returned unchanged.
The replacement follows MySQL's ICU syntax: "$N" and "${name}" insert
capture groups, a backslash escapes the next character, and invalid
references are errors.
Matches are found one at a time with preg_match() offsets, so lookbehind
sees the text before pos. After an empty match, the search continues one
character later, like in ICU.
Like REGEXP_LIKE(), the function matches data that is not valid UTF-8
byte by byte, and positions then count bytes, as MySQL does for binary
strings. The subject, the pattern, and the replacement are passed as
text, as PDO narrows integer arguments to 32 bits.
Implement MySQL's REGEXP_SUBSTR(expr, pattern [, pos [, occurrence
[, match_type]]]).
It returns the matching substring, or NULL when there is no such match.
Like in MySQL, an occurrence below 1 returns the first match, and pos
may be one past the end, where an empty match can still be found.
Matches are found like in REGEXP_REPLACE(), so lookbehind sees the text
before pos, and the search continues one character after an empty
match. Data that is not valid UTF-8 is matched byte by byte.
Implement MySQL's REGEXP_INSTR(expr, pattern [, pos [, occurrence
[, return_option [, match_type]]]]).
It returns the character position of a match, or of the character after
it when return_option is 1, and 0 when there is no such match. Like in
MySQL:
- The search starts in the subject from pos on, so "^" matches at pos,
and lookbehind doesn't see the text before it.
- pos can't be one past the end, unlike in REGEXP_SUBSTR() and
REGEXP_REPLACE(), but it isn't checked for an empty subject, where a
match is reported at pos.
- An invalid return_option is an error even when another argument is
NULL.
In data that is not valid UTF-8, positions count bytes.
Test behavior that all four REGEXP_* functions share:
- They work on table columns in SELECT, WHERE, and UPDATE statements.
- An empty pattern is an error.
- A 4-byte UTF-8 character counts as one character.
- Zero-width matches step forward one character, like in ICU.
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Summary
This PR adds MySQL's
REGEXP_REPLACE(),REGEXP_SUBSTR(), andREGEXP_INSTR()functions, built on the REGEXP engine from #624. It also enables their test suites from #622. Before, all 16,649 cases of each suite failed, because the functions didn't exist. Now, these fail on PHP 8.5:REGEXP_REPLACE(): 815 (MySQL cases: 276, ICU cases: 539).REGEXP_SUBSTR(): 790 (MySQL cases: 264, ICU cases: 526).REGEXP_INSTR(): 790 (MySQL cases: 264, ICU cases: 526).Almost all of them also fail for
REGEXP_LIKE()(766), mostly because of ICU syntax that PCRE doesn't have.It's the second of the PRs that split #368 into smaller chunks.
The main changes:
REGEXP_REPLACE()replaces every match, or only a chosen one, with MySQL's replacement syntax:$1,${name}, and backslash escapes.REGEXP_SUBSTR()returns a match, andREGEXP_INSTR()returns where it starts or ends.REGEXP_REPLACE('ab', '|a', '-')returns-a-b-, where PHP'spreg_replace()would give---b-.\Gand\Kwork like in MySQL:\Gmatches only where the previous match ended, and\Kis a literal "K". In PHP,\Kin a lookbehind could make a search loop forever.posone past the end, a negativeoccurrence,NULLarguments, and errors for invalid ones, checked in MySQL's order.Why
Apps and plugins use these functions, and queries with them failed, because the driver didn't support them.
Summary by CodeRabbit
REGEXP_REPLACE,REGEXP_SUBSTR, andREGEXP_INSTRin MySQL-compatible SQLite queries, including occurrence selection, match positions, and replacement references.