array_shift

array_shift -- Pop an element off the beginning of array

Description

mixed array_shift(array array);

array_shift() shifts the first value of the array off and returns it, shortening the array by one element and moving everything down.

Example 1. array_shift() example

  1 
  2 $args = array ("-v", "-f");
  3 $opt = array_shift ($args);
  4       
This would result in $args having one element "-f" left, and $opt being "-v".

See also array_unshift(), array_push(), and array_pop().

Note: This function was added in PHP 4.0.