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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Database\Query;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Database;
+use Drupal\Core\Database\Connection;
+
+/**
+ * General class for an abstracted DELETE operation.
+ *
+ * @ingroup database
+ */
+class Delete extends Query implements ConditionInterface {
+
+ use QueryConditionTrait;
+
+ /**
+ * The table from which to delete.
+ *
+ * @var string
+ */
+ protected $table;
+
+ /**
+ * Constructs a Delete object.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Database\Connection $connection
+ * A Connection object.
+ * @param string $table
+ * Name of the table to associate with this query.
+ * @param array $options
+ * Array of database options.
+ */
+ public function __construct(Connection $connection, $table, array $options = []) {
+ $options['return'] = Database::RETURN_AFFECTED;
+ parent::__construct($connection, $options);
+ $this->table = $table;
+
+ $this->condition = new Condition('AND');
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Executes the DELETE query.
+ *
+ * @return int
+ * The number of rows affected by the delete query.
+ */
+ public function execute() {
+ $values = [];
+ if (count($this->condition)) {
+ $this->condition->compile($this->connection, $this);
+ $values = $this->condition->arguments();
+ }
+
+ return $this->connection->query((string) $this, $values, $this->queryOptions);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Implements PHP magic __toString method to convert the query to a string.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ * The prepared statement.
+ */
+ public function __toString() {
+ // Create a sanitized comment string to prepend to the query.
+ $comments = $this->connection->makeComment($this->comments);
+
+ $query = $comments . 'DELETE FROM {' . $this->connection->escapeTable($this->table) . '} ';
+
+ if (count($this->condition)) {
+
+ $this->condition->compile($this->connection, $this);
+ $query .= "\nWHERE " . $this->condition;
+ }
+
+ return $query;
+ }
+
+}