Drop table like

Drop table from a database using a pattern, see the ‘like' statement

SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0;
SET GROUP_CONCAT_MAX_LEN=32768;
SET @tables = NULL;
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(''', table_name, ''') INTO @tables
  FROM information_schema.tables
  WHERE table_schema = (SELECT DATABASE()) and table_name like 'wp\_%';
SELECT IFNULL(@tables,'dummy') INTO @tables;
SET @tables = CONCAT('DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ', @tables);
PREPARE stmt FROM @tables;
EXECUTE stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 1;