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>array_splice</H1
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>    (PHP 4 )</P
>array_splice&nbsp;--&nbsp;
     Remove a portion of the array and replace it with something
     else
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>array <B
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>array_splice</B
> ( array input, int offset [, int length [, array replacement]])<BR
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>&#13;     <B
CLASS="function"
>array_splice()</B
> removes the elements designated
     by <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>offset</I
></TT
> and
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>length</I
></TT
> from the
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>input</I
></TT
> array, and replaces them with the
     elements of the <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>replacement</I
></TT
> array, if
     supplied. It returns an array containing the extracted elements.
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>&#13;     If <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>offset</I
></TT
> is positive then the start of
     removed portion is at that offset from the beginning of the
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>input</I
></TT
> array.  If
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>offset</I
></TT
> is negative then it starts that far
     from the end of the <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>input</I
></TT
> array.
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><P
>&#13;     If <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>length</I
></TT
> is omitted, removes everything
     from <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>offset</I
></TT
> to the end of the array.  If
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>length</I
></TT
> is specified and is positive, then
     that many elements will be removed. If
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>length</I
></TT
> is specified and is negative then
     the end of the removed portion will be that many elements from
     the end of the array.  Tip: to remove everything from
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>offset</I
></TT
> to the end of the array when
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>replacement</I
></TT
> is also specified, use
     <TT
CLASS="literal"
>count($input)</TT
> for
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>length</I
></TT
>.
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>&#13;     If <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>replacement</I
></TT
> array is specified, then
     the removed elements are replaced with elements from this array.
     If <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>offset</I
></TT
> and
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>length</I
></TT
> are such that nothing is removed,
     then the elements from the <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>replacement</I
></TT
>
     array are inserted in the place specified by the
     <TT
CLASS="parameter"
><I
>offset</I
></TT
>. Tip: if the replacement is just
     one element it is not necessary to put <TT
CLASS="literal"
>array()</TT
>
     around it, unless the element is an array itself.
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>&#13;     The following equivalences hold:
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>array_push ($input, $x, $y)     array_splice ($input, count ($input), 0,
                                             array ($x, $y))
array_pop ($input)              array_splice ($input, -1)
array_shift ($input)            array_splice ($input, 0, 1)
array_unshift ($input, $x, $y)  array_splice ($input, 0, 0, array ($x, $y))
$input[$x] = $y                 array_splice ($input, $x, 1, $y)</PRE
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>&#13;     Returns the array consisting of removed elements.
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>Example 1. <B
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>array_splice()</B
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>$input = array ("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");
array_splice ($input, 2);
// $input is now array ("red", "green")

$input = array ("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");
array_splice ($input, 1, -1);
// $input is now array ("red", "yellow")

$input = array ("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");
array_splice ($input, 1, count($input), "orange");
// $input is now array ("red", "orange")

$input = array ("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");
array_splice ($input, -1, 1, array("black", "maroon"));
// $input is now array ("red", "green",
//          "blue", "black", "maroon")</PRE
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>&#13;     See also <A
HREF="function.array-slice.html"
><B
CLASS="function"
>array_slice()</B
></A
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