note 39523 added to ref.array

unset($bar['mushroomsoup']) only works it the key is 'mushroomsoup'.If you want to erase elements of an array identified by values rather than by keys you can use this function: <? function unset_by_val($needle,&$haystack) { # removes all entries in array $haystack, # who's value is $needle while(($gotcha = array_search($needle,$haystack)) > -1) unset($haystack[$gotcha]); } $ring = array('gollum','smeagol','gollum','gandalf', 'deagol','gandalf'); print_r($ring); echo "<br>"; unset_by_val('gollum',$ring); print_r($ring); ?> Will output: Array ( [0] => gollum [1] => smeagol [2] => gollum [3] => gandalf [4] => deagol [5] => gandalf ) Array ( [1] => smeagol [3] => gandalf [4] => deagol [5] => gandalf ) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.array.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+39523 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+39523&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+39523&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php