remove item from list php code example

Example 1: php remove item array

$items = ['banana', 'apple'];

unset($items[0]);

var_dump($items); // ['apple']

Example 2: php remove specific element from array

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

Example 3: php delete element from array

//Delete array items with unset(no re-index) or array_splice(re-index)
$colors = array("red","blue","green");                             
unset($colors[1]);//remove second element, do not re-index array

$colors = array("red","blue","green");
array_splice($colors, 1, 1); //remove second element, re-index array