Completely Delete JSON-Object from JSON-Array

Question

If i unset some Obkects in a JSON-Array via PHP, then i get an undefined Field with two empty []. But i want to delete the whole Object without [].

This is the Code I am using:

// Unset Data Object from JSON-File
unset($data['server'][$Server][$ID]['id']);
unset($data['server'][$Server][$ID]['svc']);

JSON-File before "unset":

{
  "server": {
    "SERVER-01": [
        {"svc":"SVC1", "id":1},
        {"svc":"SVC2", "id":2},
        {"svc":"SVC3", "id":3},
        {"svc":"SVC4", "id":4},
        {"svc":"SVC5", "id":5}
    ],
    "SERVER-02": [
        {"svc":"SVC1", "id":1},
        {"svc":"SVC2", "id":2},
        {"svc":"SVC3", "id":3},
        {"svc":"SVC4", "id":4},
        {"svc":"SVC5", "id":5}
    ]
  }
}

JSON-File after "unset":

{
  "server": {
    "SERVER-01": [
        [],
        {"svc":"SVC2", "id":2},
        {"svc":"SVC3", "id":3},
        {"svc":"SVC4", "id":4},
        {"svc":"SVC5", "id":5}
    ],
    "SERVER-02": [
        {"svc":"SVC1", "id":1},
        {"svc":"SVC2", "id":2},
        [],
        {"svc":"SVC4", "id":4},
        {"svc":"SVC5", "id":5}
    ]
  }
}

EDIT: The following Output i get with unset($data['server'][$Server][$ID]:

{
  "server": {
    "SERVER-01": {
        "1": {"svc":"SVC2", "id":2},
        "2": {"svc":"SVC3", "id":3},
        "3": {"svc":"SVC4", "id":4},
        "4": {"svc":"SVC5", "id":5}
    },
    "SERVER-02": [
        {"svc":"SVC1", "id":1},
        {"svc":"SVC2", "id":2},
        {"svc":"SVC3", "id":3},
        {"svc":"SVC4", "id":4},
        {"svc":"SVC5", "id":5}
    ]
  }
}

Answer 1

Instead of doing this:

// Unset Data Object from JSON-File
unset($data['server'][$Server][$ID]['id']);
unset($data['server'][$Server][$ID]['svc']);

Just stop at the ID, like this:

// Unset Data Object from JSON-File
unset($data['server'][$Server][$ID];

Now when you json_encode your array, you'll see it 's completely gone :-)