Delete Data From MySQL Using PHP - Tutorial makcode.in

Delete Data From MySQL Using PHP - Tutorial makcode.in

For deleting data from MySQL the DELETE statement is used. We can delete data from specific column or all column of a table.

For delete selected column data from database the SQL query is

 DELETE FROM table_name WHERE some_column=column_value;

The SQL query for delete all the column data from a table

DELETE FROM table_name;
or
DELETE * FROM table_name; 
  • database.php- To connecting database
  • delete.php- For getting data from database with delete option
  • delete-process.php- For remove data from database or from your table

database.php

<?php
$url='localhost';
$username='root';
$password='';
$conn=mysqli_connect($url,$username,$password,"user_details");
if(!$conn){
 die('Could not Connect My Sql:' .mysql_error());
}
?>

delete.php

<?php
include_once 'database.php';
$result = mysqli_query($conn,"SELECT * FROM details");
?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Delete user details</title>
</head>
<body>
<table>
	<tr>
	<td>Id</td>
	<td>First Name</td>
	<td>Last Name</td>
	<td>City</td>
	<td>Email id</td>
	<td>Action</td>
	</tr>
	<?php
	$i=0;
	while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
	?>
	<tr class="<?php if(isset($classname)) echo $classname;?>">
	<td><?php echo $row["id"]; ?></td>
	<td><?php echo $row["firstname"]; ?></td>
	<td><?php echo $row["lastname"]; ?></td>
	<td><?php echo $row["city"]; ?></td>
	<td><?php echo $row["email"]; ?></td>
	<td><a href="delete-process.php?id=<?php echo $row["id"]; ?>">Delete</a></td>
	</tr>
	<?php
	$i++;
	}
	?>
</table>
</body>
</html>

delete-process.php

<?php
include_once 'database.php';
$sql = "DELETE FROM details WHERE id='" . $_GET["id"] . "'";
if (mysqli_query($conn, $sql)) {
    echo "Record deleted successfully";
} else {
    echo "Error deleting record: " . mysqli_error($conn);
}
mysqli_close($conn);
?>