PHP - Function array_splice()

Syntax

array_splice ( $input, $offset [,$length [,$replacement]] );

Definition and Usage

This function removes the elements designated by offset and length from the input array, and replaces them with the elements of the replacement array, if supplied. It returns an array containing the extracted elements.

Parameters

Return Values

It returns the last value of the array, shortening the array by one element.

Example

Try out following example −

<?php
   $input = array("red", "black", "pink", "white");
   array_splice($input, 2);
   print_r($input);
   print_r("<br />");

   $input = array("red", "black", "pink", "white");
   array_splice($input, 1, -1);
   print_r($input);
   print_r("<br />");

   $input = array("red", "black", "pink", "white");
   array_splice($input, 1, count($input), "orange");
   print_r($input);
   print_r("<br />");

   $input = array("red", "black", "pink", "white");
   array_splice($input, -1, 1, array("black", "maroon"));
   print_r($input);
   print_r("<br />");

   $input = array("red", "black", "pink", "white");
   array_splice($input, 3, 0, "purple");
   print_r($input);
   print_r("<br />");

?> 

This will produce the following result −

Array ( [0]=>red [1] =>black )
Array ( [0]=>red [1] =>white )
Array ( [0]=>red [1] =>orange )
Array ( [0]=>red [1] =>black [2]=>pink [3]=>black [4]=>maroon )
Array ( [0]=>red [1] =>black [2]=>pink [3]=>purple [4]=>white )