array_shift(): Taking out first element of the array

$output=array_shift($input);

<?Php
$input=array('One','Two','Three','Four','Five');
$output=array_shift($input);
echo $output; // Output is  One
echo "<br><br>";
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($input)) {
echo "$key -> $val <br>";
}
?>

One

0 -> Two 
1 -> Three 
2 -> Four 
3 -> Five 

With Literal Keys

$input=array('Fruits1' =>'Banana','Fruits2'=>'Mango','Fruits3'=>'Apple','Fruits4'=>'Grapes');
$output=array_shift($input);
echo $output; // Output is  Banana
echo "<br><br>";
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($input)) {
echo "$key -> $val <br>";
}

Banana

Fruits2 -> Mango 
Fruits3 -> Apple 
Fruits4 -> Grapes

Using current

$input=array('Fruits1' =>'Banana','Fruits2'=>'Mango','Fruits3'=>'Apple','Fruits4'=>'Grapes');
echo current($input); 
echo "<br>";
$output=array_shift($input);
echo current($input);

Banana
Mango

• Array Adding & Removing Elements
• array_pop(): Removing Last element of the Array
• array_shift(): Removing First element of the Array
• array_unset(): Removing element from any position of the Array
• array_push(): Adding elements at the end of the Array
• array_unshift(): Adding elements at the beginning of the Array

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