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<h1 class="refname">dbase_delete_record</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 < 5.3.0, dbase 5, dbase 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">dbase_delete_record</span> — <span class="dc-title">Deletes a record from a database</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>dbase_delete_record</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$dbase_identifier</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$record_number</code></span>
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Marks the given record to be deleted from the database.
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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To actually remove the record from the database, you must also call
<span class="function"><a href="function.dbase-pack.html" class="function">dbase_pack()</a></span>.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<code class="parameter">dbase_identifier</code></dt>
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The database link identifier, returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.dbase-open.html" class="function">dbase_open()</a></span>
or <span class="function"><a href="function.dbase-create.html" class="function">dbase_create()</a></span>.
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<code class="parameter">record_number</code></dt>
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An integer which spans from 1 to the number of records in the database
(as returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.dbase-numrecords.html" class="function">dbase_numrecords()</a></span>).
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Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
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<td>dbase 7.0.0</td>
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<code class="parameter">dbase_identifier</code> is now a <span class="type"><a href="language.types.resource.html" class="type resource">resource</a></span>
instead of an <span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type int">int</a></span>.
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.dbase-delete-record-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.dbase-add-record.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">dbase_add_record()</a> - Adds a record to a database</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.dbase-replace-record.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">dbase_replace_record()</a> - Replaces a record in a database</span></li>
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