| public deleteByQuery ( string $query, array $args = [], boolean $waitLastCall = true ) : integer | ||
| $query | string | the query string |
| $args | array | the optional query parameters |
| $waitLastCall | boolean | /!\ Be safe with "waitLastCall" In really rare cases you can have the number of hits smaller than the hitsPerPage param if you trigger the timeout of the search, in that case you won't remove all the records |
| return | integer | the number of delete operations |
public function deleteByQuery($query, $args = array(), $waitLastCall = true)
{
$args['attributesToRetrieve'] = 'objectID';
$args['hitsPerPage'] = 1000;
$args['distinct'] = false;
$deletedCount = 0;
$results = $this->search($query, $args);
while ($results['nbHits'] != 0) {
$objectIDs = array();
foreach ($results['hits'] as $elt) {
array_push($objectIDs, $elt['objectID']);
}
$res = $this->deleteObjects($objectIDs);
$deletedCount += count($objectIDs);
if ($results['nbHits'] < $args['hitsPerPage'] && false === $waitLastCall) {
break;
}
$this->waitTask($res['taskID']);
$results = $this->search($query, $args);
}
return $deletedCount;
}