SolrClient::deleteByQuery

(PECL solr >= 0.9.2)

Deletes all documents matching the given query

public SolrUpdateResponse SolrClient::deleteByQuery ( string $query )

Deletes all documents matching the given query.

Parameters:

query

The query

Returns:

Returns a SolrUpdateResponse on success and throws an exception on failure.

Exception:

Throws SolrClientException if the client had failed, or there was a connection issue.

Throws SolrServerException if the Solr Server had failed to process the request.

Examples:

SolrQuery::deleteByQuery() example

<?php

$options = array
(
    'hostname' => SOLR_SERVER_HOSTNAME,
    'login'    => SOLR_SERVER_USERNAME,
    'password' => SOLR_SERVER_PASSWORD,
    'port'     => SOLR_SERVER_PORT,
);

$client = new SolrClient($options);

//This will erase the entire index
$client->deleteByQuery("*:*");
$client->commit();

?>