Open the Blog.php page controller class file. (In this example we use the vim editor, but you can use anything you like.)

$ vim Blog.php

Add the following PHP code to the class.

<?php
    public function actionDelete($id = null)
    {
        // was an ID specified?
        if (! $id) {
            return $this->_error('ERR_NO_ID_SPECIFIED');
        }
        
        // fetch one blog article by ID
        $this->item = $this->_model->blogs->fetch($id);
        
        // did the blog article exist?
        if (! $this->item) {
            return $this->_error('ERR_NO_SUCH_ITEM');
        }
        
        // did the user click the delete button?
        if ($this->_isProcess('delete')) {
            $this->item->delete();
            $this->_view = 'deleteSuccess';
        }
    }

Some explanation of what's going on in this method:

That's all there is to it.

This action has two views that it uses: one for displaying the "Are you sure?" page (the default), and one for displaying the "Successfully deleted the record" page.

First, create a view called delete.php ...

$ vim Blog/View/delete.php

... and enter the following code in the new delete.php view script.

<?php
    $title = $this->getTextRaw('TITLE_DELETE');
    $this->head()->setTitle($title);
?>

<h2><?php echo $this->getText('HEADING_DELETE'); ?></h2>

<h3><?php echo $this->escape($this->item->title); ?></h3>

<?php echo $this->nl2p($this->item->body); ?>

<?php echo $this->form()
                ->addProcess('delete')
                ->fetch();
?>

Essentially, this view shows the blog article to be deleted, and presents a standalone form with a single submit button (the 'delete' process).

Next, create a view called deleteSuccess.php ...

$ vim Blog/View/deleteSuccess.php

... and enter the following code in the new deleteSuccess.php view script.

<p><?php echo $this->getText('TEXT_DELETED'); ?></p>

The only thing this view script does is show some static text indicating the record has been deleted.

You should now be able to browse to http://localhost/index.php/blog/delete/3, and click Delete to delete the article.