RE: [PHP] removing an element from an array

isnt the unset function not a safe function to use & was discontinued, i think thats why its not in the manual. -----Original Message----- From: Ford, Mike [LSS] [mailto:M.Ford@lmu.ac.uk] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 12:58 PM To: 'angelo@zlogic.co.za'; Php-General@Lists.Php.Net Subject: RE: [PHP] removing an element from an array On 01 October 2003 11:25, Angelo Zanetti contributed these pearls of wisdom: > Hi > > If I have an array and want to remove and element from this > array. correct me if this is the wrong approach: It's the wrong approach ;) > create a temporary array with 1 element less than the > origional array, get the position of the element ( is there a > function for this?) and then run through the origional array > copying all elements besides the element which is meant to be > removed. > > Is there no function to do this? It seems like alot of > overhead to do this process, especially if the array is big. > comments? unset($array[$key]); Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php