PHP: How to remove specific element from an array?

Question

How do I remove an element from an array when I know the elements name? for example:

I have an array:

$array = (apple, orange, strawberry, blueberry, kiwi);

the user enters strawberry

strawberry is removed.

To fully explain:

I have a database that stores a list of items separated by a comma. The code pulls in the list based on a user choice where that choice is located. So, if they choose strawberry they code pulls in every entry were strawberry is located then converts that to an array using split(). I want to them remove the user chosen items, for this example strawberry, from the array.

Answer 1

if (in_array('strawberry', $array)) 
{
    unset($array[array_search('strawberry')]);
}

Answer 2

A better approach would maybe be to keep your values as keys in an associative array, and then call array_keys() on it when you want to actual array. That way you don't need to use array_search to find your element.

Answer 3

Use array_search to get the key and remove it with unset if found:

if (($key = array_search('strawberry', $array)) !== false) {
    unset($array[$key]);
}

array_search returns false (null until PHP 4.2.0) if no item has been found.

And if there can be multiple items with the same value, you can use array_keys to get the keys to all items:

foreach (array_keys($array, 'strawberry') as $key) {
    unset($array[$key]);
}

Answer 4

Will be like this:

 function rmv_val($var)
 {
     return(!($var == 'strawberry'));
 }

 $array = array('apple', 'orange', 'strawberry', 'blueberry', 'kiwi');

 $array_res = array_filter($array, "rmv_val");