The DELETE FROM statement is used to delete data from a database table.



Syntax:

DELETE FROM tableName
WHERE someColumn = someValue

Example:

Earlier in the tutorial, we created a table named "Employee". Here is how it looks:

FirstName LastName Salary
Alex Rodriguez 10000
Anna Weston 5000

The following example deletes the records in the "Employee" table where LastName='Rodriguez':

Example:

<?php
// Database connection establishment
    $con=mysqli_connect("example.com","alex","qwerty","db_name");
    
// Check connection
    if (mysqli_connect_errno($con)) {
    echo "MySQL database connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error();
    }

    mysqli_query($con,"DELETE FROM employee WHERE LastName=`Rodriguez` ");
?>

Once deleted, the table will look like this:

FirstName LastName Salary
Anna Weston 5000


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