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ptb_delField

Deletes $fieldname from the $filename.–You probably want to use this function only in some sort of database managment script.

Syntax

ptb_delField($filename, $location, $fieldname);

$filename

name of file containing the database

$location

location of $filename; can be:

G: globally defined (in ptb_ini.php) directory
L: local directory (ie. the same where script calling ptb_connect is placed)
<path>: other, defined directory, eg. /samples/db (no trailing slash)
F: filename (ie. absolute or relative path without DOCUMENT_ROOT dependency)

$fieldname

field to be deleted

This function returns true on success and null (=false) on failure.

Delete field french from the christie.csv file:

ptb_delField('christie.csv', 'G', 'french');