Enhance IDb.php, pdo.php, and mysql.db.php with deleteRowById method for improved database handling.

core/a/mysql.db.php

@@ -169,5 +169,13 @@ abstract class Db implements IDb
         return Pdo::fetchRowInArrayByWhere(self::$table['table'], $field['field'], $field['value']);
     }
 
-
+    /**
+     * @desc Deletes a row from the database table by id.
+     * @param int $id The id of the row to delete.
+     * @return bool Returns true if the deletion is successful, otherwise false.
+     */
+    public function deleteRowById(int $id = 0): bool
+    {
+        Pdo::deleteRowById( self::getTable()['table'], $id );
+    }
 }

core/c/pdo.php

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace Nibiru;
  * @category  - [PLEASE SPECIFIY]
  * @license   - BSD License
  */
-final class pdo extends Mysql implements IPdo
+final class Pdo extends Mysql implements IPdo
 {
     private static $section = false;
 
@@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ final class pdo extends Mysql implements IPdo
 
     /**
      * @param string $string
-	 *
+     * @return mixed
-	 * @return array|bool
      */
-    public static function query( $string = self::PLACE_NO_QUERY ): array|bool
+    public static function query( $string = self::PLACE_NO_QUERY ): mixed
     {
 
         if(!strstr($string, IOdbc::PLACE_SQL_UPDATE))
@@ -413,6 +412,63 @@ final class pdo extends Mysql implements IPdo
         return $result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @desc Deletes a row from the specified table by its ID.
+     * @param string $tablename The name of the table from which to delete the row. If empty, uses the default table.
+     * @param int $id The ID of the row to delete.
+     * @return bool Returns true if the deletion was successful, false otherwise.
+     */
+    public static function deleteRowById(string $tablename = '', int $id = 0): bool
+    {
+        try {
+            // Validate that id is a valid number
+            if (!is_numeric($id) || $id <= 0)
+            {
+                throw new \InvalidArgumentException("FATAL ERROR in main CORE deleteRowById: Invalid ID value. Must be a positive number.");
+            }
+
+            // Validate table name
+            $validTables = self::loadTableNames();
+            if (!in_array($tablename, $validTables, true))
+            {
+                throw new \InvalidArgumentException("FATAL ERROR in main CORE deleteRowById: Invalid table name: {$tablename}");
+            }
+
+            // Get PDO instance
+            $pdo = parent::getInstance(self::getSettingsSection())->getConn();
+
+            // Fetch the primary key field name
+            $queryPrimaryKey = "SELECT COLUMN_NAME FROM information_schema.COLUMNS
+                            WHERE TABLE_NAME = :tableName
+                            AND COLUMN_KEY = 'PRI'
+                            LIMIT 1";
+            $stmtPrimaryKey = $pdo->prepare($queryPrimaryKey);
+            $stmtPrimaryKey->bindValue(':tableName', $tablename);
+            $stmtPrimaryKey->execute();
+            $primaryKeyResult = $stmtPrimaryKey->fetch(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+
+            if (!$primaryKeyResult) {
+                throw new \RuntimeException('FATAL ERROR in main CORE deleteRowById: No primary key found for table ' . $tablename);
+            }
+
+            $primaryKeyField = $primaryKeyResult['COLUMN_NAME'];
+
+            // Prepare and execute DELETE statement
+            $query = "DELETE FROM " . $tablename . " WHERE " . $primaryKeyField . " = :id";
+            $stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
+            $stmt->bindValue(':id', $id, \PDO::PARAM_INT);
+
+            return $stmt->execute();
+        } catch (\PDOException $e) {
+            error_log($e->getMessage());
+            return false;
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            error_log($e->getMessage());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * @desc will insert the array with fieldnames into the database, if the last parameter is set it should be a string containing the
      *       fieldname that should be encrypted

core/i/IDb.php

@@ -100,4 +100,11 @@ interface IDb
      * @return mixed
      */
     public function loadPasswordByUsername( $user_name = false );
+
+    /**
+     * @desc Deletes a row from the database by its ID.
+     * @param int $id The ID of the row to be deleted. Defaults to 0.
+     * @return bool Returns true if the deletion was successful, false otherwise.
+     */
+    public function deleteRowById( int $id = 0 ): bool;
 }