PHP - Remove and return an element from an associative array [duplicate]

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Is there a native PHP function for removing an element from an associative array, and returning the value?

Like unset() but with a return value, or array_shift() where you can specify the index to shift?

$element = unset($array['index']);

$element = array_shift($array, 'index');

I know it's easy to do, I'm just curious if there's an elegant one-liner for doing this.

If you know the index, returning the value prior to unsetting should be a breeze. I'd use array_splice() — Jay Blanchard
– Jay Blanchard, Commented Jan 4, 2019 at 12:38

Abraão Levi · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-04 16:36:58Z

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Looking quickly at the official PHP documentation, in the current version (7.2) doesn't have a function that removes and returns an element by the key.

But as you mentioned there are several ways to solve this problem. As you can see at: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10898827/4214312

answered Jan 4, 2019 at 16:36

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