[Resolved] How do I remove dynamic element from array?

[ppowell]

I looked up array_pop(), array_shift(), array_slice(), to no avail. None of these perform exactly what I want.

Consider this array:

$array = array('banana', 'orange', 'apple', 'lemon', 'pear');

I want to remove 'apple', for instance, or 'pear', or whatever. What existing PHP function will let me do this?

Thanx
Phil

[jonno946]

use unset.

[ppowell]

That deletes files. I want to delete a specific array element.

Phil

[ppowell]

In case anyone's interested, here is the solution:

if (!function_exists('array_remove')) {			// FUTURISTIC: IN CASE AN "array_remove" PHP FUNCTION IS MADE PART OF CORE IN THE FUTURE
 /**
   * Remove a specific element from the array.  If not found return the array as-is
   *
   * @access public
   * @param array $array (reference)
   * @param mixed $element
   */
 function array_remove(&$array, $element) {
  if ($element && @in_array($element, $array)) unset($array[array_search($element, $array)]);
 }
}

Phil

[jonno946]

sorry my mistake... i typed unlink not unset :p

edited.

[ppowell]

Originally posted by jonno946
can i suggest reading the manual before posting:

from the PHP manual:

<?php
$arr = array(5 => 1, 12 => 2);

unset($arr[5]); // This removes the element from the array

unset($arr);    // This deletes the whole array
?>

Jonno [/B]

I'm sorry but you suggested unlink, not unset. And I read the manual and wasn't able to get unset() to work without a slight adjustment to the code.

Maybe you should also more carefully read your own posts before responding as well.

Phil

[jonno946]

i edited my post above :rolleyes:

[ppowell]

Cool thanx.. turns out that's what you do. Thanx for your help

Phil