PHP/Data Structure/array remove
Removing One or More Arbitrary Array Elements
<?php
$languages = array( "French", "German", "Russian", "Chinese",
"Hindi", "Quechua", "Spanish", "Hausa");
printf("<pre>Original array:\n%s</pre>\n", var_export($languages, TRUE));
$num = 2;
$removed1 = array_remove($languages, 0, $num);
$removed2 = array_remove($languages, count($languages) - $num, $num);
printf("<p>Removed (start): %s<br />Removed (end): %s<br />Remaining: %s</p>\n",
var_export($removed1, TRUE),
var_export($removed2, TRUE),
var_export($languages, TRUE));
?>
Using the array_remove() function to remove several elements from the beginning and the end of an array:
<?php
$languages = array( "French", "German", "Russian", "Chinese");
printf("<pre>Original array:\n%s</pre>\n", var_export($languages, TRUE));
$num = 2;
$removed1 = array_remove($languages, 0, $num);
$removed2 = array_remove($languages, count($languages) - $num, $num);
printf("<p>Removed (start): %s<br />Removed (end): %s<br /> Remaining: %s</p>\n", var_export($removed1, TRUE), var_export($removed2, TRUE), var_export($languages, TRUE));
?>