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16 years ago
Two ways of unsetting values within an array:

<?php
# remove by key:
function array_remove_key ()
{
  $args  = func_get_args();
  return array_diff_key($args[0],array_flip(array_slice($args,1)));
}
# remove by value:
function array_remove_value ()
{
  $args = func_get_args();
  return array_diff($args[0],array_slice($args,1));
}

$fruit_inventory = array(
  'apples' => 52,
  'bananas' => 78,
  'peaches' => 'out of season',
  'pears' => 'out of season',
  'oranges' => 'no longer sold',
  'carrots' => 15,
  'beets' => 15,
);

echo "<pre>Original Array:\n",
     print_r($fruit_inventory,TRUE),
     '</pre>';

# For example, beets and carrots are not fruits...
$fruit_inventory = array_remove_key($fruit_inventory,
                                    "beets",
                                    "carrots");
echo "<pre>Array after key removal:\n",
     print_r($fruit_inventory,TRUE),
     '</pre>';

# Let's also remove 'out of season' and 'no longer sold' fruit...
$fruit_inventory = array_remove_value($fruit_inventory,
                                      "out of season",
                                      "no longer sold");
echo "<pre>Array after value removal:\n",
     print_r($fruit_inventory,TRUE),
     '</pre>';
?>
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