php remove value from array if exists code example

Example 1: searching and removing element from an array php

<?php
$hackers = array ('Alan Kay', 'Peter Norvig', 'Linus Trovalds', 'Larry Page');

print_r($hackers);

// Search
$pos = array_search('Linus Trovalds', $hackers);

echo 'Linus Trovalds found at: ' . $pos;

// Remove from array
unset($hackers[$pos]);

print_r($hackers);

Example 2: php remove element from array

$arr = array('a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3);
unset($arr['b']);

// RESULT: array('a' => 1, 'c' => 3)

$arr = array(1, 2, 3);
array_splice($arr, 1, 1);

// RESULT: array(0 => 1, 1 => 3)

Example 3: php array remove value if exists

<?php
$myArray = array ('Alan', 'Peter', 'Linus', 'Larry');
$pos = array_search('Linus', $myArray);
echo 'Linus found at: '.$pos;
// Remove from array
unset($myArray[$pos]);
print_r($myArray);
?>

Example 4: php remove element from array by value

// matrix array
foreach($appsList as $key => $app) {
            if($app["app_status"] !== "approved") {
                // remove orange apps
                unset($appsList[$key]);
            }
}