Re: Proper way to remove an element from an array

From: Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:34:19 +0000
Subject: Re: Proper way to remove an element from an array
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On Tue, 2007-07-10 at 14:23 -0700, Dan wrote: > I know in some languages there's a right way to remove an element from an > array and other ways that will give you problems. > > In PHP can I just set $arrayname[key] = null? Or will I then end up with > key => null as a value. I looked on php.net under array functions for a bit > and I didn't find any sort of remove element function. I've just never > needed to do this before. It would have taken you less time to test than to write the email: <?php $array = array ( 1 => 'One', 2 => 'Two', 3 => 'Three', ); $array[2] = null; print_r( $array ); unset( $array[2] ); print_r( $array ); ?> Cheers, Rob. -- ........................................................... SwarmBuy.com - http://www.swarmbuy.com Leveraging the buying power of the masses! ...........................................................

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