gistfile1.php

$parameters = array(
    'session' => $sessionId,
    'module' => 'Accounts',
    'name_value_list' => array(
        array('name' => 'id', 'value' => $accountId),
        array('name' => 'deleted', 'value' => '1'),
        ),
    );
$json = json_encode($parameters);
$postArgs = array(
                'method' => 'set_entry',
                'input_type' => 'JSON',
                'response_type' => 'JSON',
                'rest_data' => $json
                );
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postArgs);

// Make the REST call, returning the result
$response = curl_exec($curl);
if (!$response) {
    die("Connection Failure.\n");
}

// Convert the result from JSON format to a PHP array
$result = json_decode($response);
if ( !is_object($result) ) {
    die("Error handling result.\n");
}
if ( !isset($result->id) ) {
    die("Error: {$result->name} - {$result->description}\n.");
}

echo "Account record deleted successfully!\n";