function DatabaseSchema_mysql::dropField

Drop a field.

Parameters

$table: The table to be altered.

$field: The field to be dropped.

Return value

TRUE if the field was successfully dropped, FALSE if there was no field by that name to begin with.

Overrides DatabaseSchema::dropField

File

includes/database/mysql/schema.inc, line 366

Class

DatabaseSchema_mysql

Code

public function dropField($table, $field) {
  if (!$this->fieldExists($table, $field)) {
    return FALSE;
  }
  $this->connection
    ->query('ALTER TABLE {' . $table . '} DROP `' . $field . '`');
  return TRUE;
}

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