How to remove the first element of an array using PHP and then storing the element in a variable?
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Question: How to remove the first element of an array using PHP and then storing the element into a variable? Answer: - By using the PHP function 'array_shift' we can remove the first value of an array
- array_shift - Shift an element off the beginning of array (PHP 4 & 5)
Example:
$array = array("apple","peach","pineapple","banana");
$first_element = array_shift($array);
echo '<pre>';
print_r($array);
echo '</pre>';
echo $first_element;
In the above example we have an array with 4 values, now using the 'array_shift' function we remove the first value namely apple and store it in the $first_element variable. Now if we print the contents of $array we'll notice there are only 3 values left namely peach, pineapple and banana and apple belongs to the $first_element variable. Output from example:
//Contents of $array
Array
(
   [0] => peach
   [1] => pineapple
   [2] => banana
)
//Value of First Element
apple
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