PHP/Data Structure/array remove

Removing One or More Arbitrary Array Elements

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<?php

 $languages = array( "French", "German", "Russian", "Chinese",
                     "Hindi", "Quechua", "Spanish", "Hausa");

printf("

Original array:\n%s

\n", var_export($languages, TRUE));

 $num = 2;
 
 $removed1 = array_remove($languages, 0, $num);
 $removed2 = array_remove($languages, count($languages) - $num, $num);

printf("

Removed (start): %s
Removed (end): %s
Remaining: %s

\n",

         var_export($removed1, TRUE),
         var_export($removed2, TRUE),
         var_export($languages, TRUE));

?>

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Using the array_remove() function to remove several elements from the beginning and the end of an array:

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<?php $languages = array( "French", "German", "Russian", "Chinese");

printf("

Original array:\n%s

\n", var_export($languages, TRUE));

$num = 2; $removed1 = array_remove($languages, 0, $num); $removed2 = array_remove($languages, count($languages) - $num, $num);

printf("

Removed (start): %s
Removed (end): %s
Remaining: %s

\n", var_export($removed1, TRUE), var_export($removed2, TRUE), var_export($languages, TRUE));

?>

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