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<h2>Step 16: Update usage of Database Forge’s drop_table() method<a class="headerlink" href="#step-16-update-usage-of-database-forge-s-drop-table-method" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Up until now, <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">drop_table()</span></code> added an IF EXISTS clause by default or it didn’t work
at all with some drivers. In CodeIgniter 3.0, the IF EXISTS condition is no longer added
by default and has an optional second p