Deleting an item from the DynamoDB table using the AWS SDK for PHP

Let's understand how to delete an item from the DynamoDB table using the AWS SDK for PHP.

Getting ready

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How to do it…

Let's try to understand how to delete a stored item from the DynamoDB table using PHP:

1. Create an instance of the DynamoDB client and initiate it with the desired AWS region and credentials:

   $client = DynamoDbClient::factory(array(
       'profile' => 'default',
       'region' => 'us-east-1' 
   ));

2. Invoke the deleteItem method specifying the primary key of the item to be deleted:

   $response = $client->deleteItem(array(
       'TableName' => 'productTable',
       'Key' => array(
           'id' => array(
               'N' => 30
           ),
       'type' => array(
               'S' => 'phone'
           )
       )
   ));

How it works…

The API invocations call the DynamoDB services and delete the item from the specified table. Once the data has been deleted, there...