How to do a regular expression replace string in MySQL?

How to do a regular expression replace string in MySQL?

Install a MySQL user defined function called lib_mysqludf_preg from:

http://www.mysqludf.org/

https://github.com/mysqludf/lib_mysqludf_preg

For RedHat / CentOS:

# yum -y install pcre-devel gcc make automake mysql-devel

For Debian / Ubuntu:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install build-essential libmysqld-dev libpcre3-dev

Install lib_mysqludf_preg:

# git clone https://github.com/mysqludf/lib_mysqludf_preg.git
# ./configure
# make
# make install
# make installdb
# make test

Example:

SELECT CONVERT( PREG_REPLACE( '/fox/i' , 'dog' , 'The brown fox' ) USING UTF8) as replaced;