array_splice() - Numerical Offsets of Associative Arrays
- by Alix Axel
I'm trying to do something but I can't find any solution, I'm also having some trouble putting it into works so here is a sample code, maybe it'll be enough to demonstrate what I'm aiming for:
$input = array
(
'who' => 'me',
'what' => 'car',
'more' => 'car',
'when' => 'today',
);
Now, I want to use array_splice() to remove (and return) one element from the array:
$spliced = key(array_splice($input, 2, 1)); // I'm only interested in the key...
The above will remove and return 1 element (third argument) from $input (first argument), at offset 2 (second argument), so $spliced will hold the value more.
I'll be iterating over $input with a foreach loop, I know the key to be spliced but the problem is I don't know its numerical offset and since array_splice only accepts integers I don't know what to do.
A very dull example:
$result = array();
foreach ($input as $key => $value)
{
if ($key == 'more')
{
// Remove the index "more" from $input and add it to $result.
$result[] = key(array_splice($input, 2 /* How do I know its 2? */, 1));
}
}
I first though of using array_search() but it's pointless since it'll return the associative index....
How do I determine the numerical offset of a associative index?
