Delete row from php array

Question

How can I remove an element from an array?

For example:

$data = Array('first' , 'second' , 'third');
array_delete($data[2]);

#$data would now read Array('first', 'second')

Does such a built-in function exist? Thanks.

possible duplicate of [How to delete an array element based on key](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1672156/how-to-delete-an-array-element-based-on-key) — Peter Bailey, Jan 18 '11 at 18:00

score 43 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 18 '11 at 18:00

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yes. i would have made it shorter, but need at least 30- charcters. so here you go:

unset($data[2]);

answered Jan 18 '11 at 18:00

alfred

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Nice speed of posting, do you training? :) – MDI Jan 18 '11 at 19:35

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '11 at 18:05

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The above answers work. But here is what i got from the site listed below. I think its cool.

//deletes a number on index $idx in array and returns the new array  
function array_delete($idx,$array) {  
    unset($array[$idx]);  
    return (is_array($array)) ? array_values($array) : null;  
}

http://dev.kafol.net/2009/02/php-array-delete.html

answered Jan 18 '11 at 18:05

Angel.King.47

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yeah, returning the record deleted is nice... much like splice in javascript (there's an extra param which says how many items to delete) – alfred May 12 '11 at 07:51

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 18 '11 at 18:00

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unset($data[2]);

yes it does. unset().

answered Jan 18 '11 at 18:00

dqhendricks

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Delete row from php array

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