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->delete()

Deletes all records in a table, or a specific record, from the database.

Method Syntax
$db->delete(thing)

Arguments

ArgumentsDescription
thing required

The table name or a RecordId to delete.

Example usage

// Delete all records from a table $db->delete('person'); // Delete a specific record from a table $db->delete(new RecordId('person', 'h5wxrf2ewk8xjxosxtyc'));

Translated query

This function will run the following query in the database.

DELETE $thing;

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