/**
* removes a custom field, but also all the values that have been created
* based on this field and that have been assigned to different articles.
* Otherwise, we would have data which is not linked to any article... but if still
* needed, set the second parameter to false
*
* @param id
* @param deleteValues
* @return Returns true if successful or false otherwise
*/
function removeCustomField($id, $deleteValues = true)
{
$query = "DELETE FROM " . $this->getPrefix() . "custom_fields_definition\n\t\t\t WHERE id = {$id}";
$result = $this->Execute($query);
if (!$result) {
return false;
}
if (!$deleteValues) {
return true;
}
// remove the values that were associated to this field
$fieldValues = new CustomFieldsValues();
return $fieldValues->removeCustomFieldValues($id);
}
