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Remove multiple elements from array and reindex


Can I remove the first three elements and all the remaining ones where value is not equal to 2? The language is php.

print_r($array)

outputs

Array ( 
    [0] => Array ( [name] => aa [value] => 0 )        
    [1] => Array ( [name] => db [value] => 1 ) 
    [2] => Array ( [name] => bc [value] => 2 )
    [3] => Array ( [name] => ba [value] => 3 ) 
    [4] => Array ( [name] => ba [value] => 0 ) 
    [5] => Array ( [name] => bc [value] => 1 )    
    [6] => Array ( [name] => aa [value] => 2 ) 
    [7] => Array ( [name] => cb [value] => 3 )
    [8] => Array ( [name] => ca [value] => 0 ) 
    [9] => Array ( [name] => dc [value] => 1 ) 
    [10] => Array ( [name] => db [value] => 2 )
    [11] => Array ( [name] => aa [value] => 3 )
    [12] => Array ( [name] => dd [value] => 0 )
    [13] => Array ( [name] => db [value] => 1 )
    [14] => Array ( [name] => bb [value] => 2 )
    [15] => Array ( [name] => ac [value] => 3 )
) 

I also need to reindex so that it begins from 0

Array ( 
    [0] => Array ( [name] => aa [value] => 2 ) 
    [1] => Array ( [name] => db [value] => 2 )
    [2] => Array ( [name] => bb [value] => 2 )
) 

Solution

  • You can do do it this way:

    $new_array = array();
    
    foreach ($array as $k => $v) {
        if ($k > 2 && $v['value'] == 2) {
            $new_array[] = $v;
        }
    }
    
    print_r($new_array);