diff --git a/src/DB/Data/ArrayDiff.php b/src/DB/Data/ArrayDiff.php
index d8377a5..dc72086 100644
--- a/src/DB/Data/ArrayDiff.php
+++ b/src/DB/Data/ArrayDiff.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use Diff\DiffOp\DiffOpAdd;
 use Diff\DiffOp\DiffOpRemove;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
 
 class ArrayDiff {
@@ -53,10 +54,8 @@ public function tag($table) {
                     // unset the fields to ignore
                     $params = ParamsFactory::get();
                     if (isset($params->fieldsToIgnore[$table])) {
-                        foreach ($params->fieldsToIgnore[$table] as $fieldToIgnore) {
-                            unset($entry1[$fieldToIgnore]);
-                            unset($entry2[$fieldToIgnore]);
-                        }
+                        $entry1 = Arr::except($entry1, $params->fieldsToIgnore[$table]);
+                        $entry2 = Arr::except($entry2, $params->fieldsToIgnore[$table]);
                     }
 
                     $differ = new MapDiffer();
diff --git a/src/DB/Data/DBData.php b/src/DB/Data/DBData.php
index 68e9187..040f183 100644
--- a/src/DB/Data/DBData.php
+++ b/src/DB/Data/DBData.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 use DBDiff\Diff\SetDBCollation;
 use DBDiff\Exceptions\DataException;
 use DBDiff\Logger;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
 
 class DBData {
@@ -24,8 +25,22 @@ function getDiff() {
         $targetTables = $this->manager->getTables('target');
 
         if (isset($params->tablesToIgnore)) {
-            $sourceTables = array_diff($sourceTables, $params->tablesToIgnore);
-            $targetTables = array_diff($targetTables, $params->tablesToIgnore);
+            $sourceTables = array_values(array_filter(
+                $sourceTables,
+                function ($tbl) use ($params) {
+                    foreach ($params->tablesToIgnore as $patt)
+                        if (Str::is($patt, $tbl)) return false;
+                    return true;
+                },
+            ));
+            $targetTables = array_values(array_filter(
+                $targetTables,
+                function ($tbl) use ($params) {
+                    foreach ($params->tablesToIgnore as $patt)
+                        if (Str::is($patt, $tbl)) return false;
+                    return true;
+                },
+            ));
         }
 
         $commonTables = array_intersect($sourceTables, $targetTables);
diff --git a/src/DB/Schema/DBSchema.php b/src/DB/Schema/DBSchema.php
index bfb9d79..6663398 100644
--- a/src/DB/Schema/DBSchema.php
+++ b/src/DB/Schema/DBSchema.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 use DBDiff\Diff\DropTable;
 use DBDiff\Diff\AddTable;
 use DBDiff\Diff\AlterTable;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
 
 class DBSchema {
@@ -44,8 +44,22 @@ function getDiff() {
         $targetTables = $this->manager->getTables('target');
 
         if (isset($params->tablesToIgnore)) {
-            $sourceTables = array_diff($sourceTables, $params->tablesToIgnore);
-            $targetTables = array_diff($targetTables, $params->tablesToIgnore);
+            $sourceTables = array_values(array_filter(
+                $sourceTables,
+                function ($tbl) use ($params) {
+                    foreach ($params->tablesToIgnore as $patt)
+                        if (Str::is($patt, $tbl)) return false;
+                    return true;
+                },
+            ));
+            $targetTables = array_values(array_filter(
+                $targetTables,
+                function ($tbl) use ($params) {
+                    foreach ($params->tablesToIgnore as $patt)
+                        if (Str::is($patt, $tbl)) return false;
+                    return true;
+                },
+            ));
         }
 
         $addedTables = array_diff($sourceTables, $targetTables);