[SOLVED] An Array Question

[mark-unna]

Hi all

 

I think I'm being a idiot here, but my head has gone blank on the following.

 

I have an array with words in it, such as:

 

$fruits = array('Apple', 'Banana', 'Clementine', 'Damson' ...)

 

Now how do I remove a specific array value if I don't know its key? For example, I don't know where Damson sits in the array (assume I have hundreds of elements in the array), so how do I remove it without knowing its index?

 

Ideally I just want to:

 

unset($fruits['Damson']), but this doesn't work.

 

I know it's an obvious one, but after a good while of googling, I just can't find the answer! Help!

 

[Daukan]

array_search() function will find the value and return the key.

[Ken2k7]

Here's one way of doing it.

<?php
for ($f=0; $f<count($fruits); $f++) if ($fruits[$f] == "Damson") unset($fruits[$f]);
?>

[mark-unna]

Thanks guys. Saved me loads of time!