aerospike_dropindex.md

Aerospike::dropIndex

Aerospike::dropIndex - drops a secondary index

Description

public int Aerospike::dropIndex ( string $ns, string $name [, array $options ] )

Aerospike::dropIndex() will drop a secondary index from a namespace with a specified index name.

Parameters

ns the namespace

name the name of the index

options including

• Aerospike::OPT_WRITE_TIMEOUT

Return Values

Returns an integer status code. Compare to the Aerospike class status constants. When non-zero the Aerospike::error() and Aerospike::errorno() methods can be used.

Examples

<?php

$config = array("hosts"=>array(array("addr"=>"localhost", "port"=>3000)));
$db = new Aerospike($config);
if (!$db->isConnected()) {
   echo "Aerospike failed to connect[{$db->errorno()}]: {$db->error()}\n";
   exit(1);
}

$status = $db->dropIndex("test", "user_email_idx");
if ($status == Aerospike::OK) {
    echo "Index user_email_idx was dropped from namespace 'test'\n";
else if ($status == Aerospike::ERR_INDEX_NOT_FOUND) {
    echo "No such index exists.\n";
} else {
    echo "[{$db->errorno()}] ".$db->error();
}

?>

We expect to see:

Index user_email_idx was dropped from namespace 'test'