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pg_delete

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5)

pg_delete — Deletes records

Description

mixed pg_delete ( resource $connection , string $table_name , array $assoc_array [, int $options ] )

pg_delete() deletes records from a table specified by the keys and values in assoc_array . If options is specified, pg_convert() is applied to assoc_array with the specified options.

Parameters

connection

PostgreSQL database connection resource.

table_name

Name of the table from which to delete rows.

assoc_array

An array whose keys are field names in the table table_name , and whose values are the values of those fields that are to be deleted.

options

Any number of PGSQL_CONV_FORCE_NULL, PGSQL_DML_NO_CONV, PGSQL_DML_EXEC or PGSQL_DML_STRING combined. If PGSQL_DML_STRING is part of the options then query string is returned.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. Returns string if PGSQL_DML_STRING is passed via options .

Examples

Example#1 pg_delete() example

<?php 
  $db 
pg_connect('dbname=foo');
  
// This is safe, since $_POST is converted automatically
  
$res pg_delete($db'post_log'$_POST);
  if (
$res) {
      echo 
"POST data is deleted: $res\n";
  } else {
      echo 
"User must have sent wrong inputs\n";
  }
?>

Warning

This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, the name of this function, and anything else documented about this function may change without notice in a future release of PHP. Use this function at your own risk.

See Also


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