array_shift

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Shift an element off the beginning of array

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. All numerical array keys will be modified to start counting from zero while literal keys won't be touched.

Note: This function will reset() the array pointer of the input array after use.

Parameters:

array

The input array.

Returns:

Returns the shifted value, or NULL if array is empty or is not an array.

Examples:

array_shift() example

<?php
$stack = array("orange", "banana", "apple", "raspberry");
$fruit = array_shift($stack);
print_r($stack);
?>

The above example will output:

Array
(
    [0] => banana
    [1] => apple
    [2] => raspberry
)

and orange will be assigned to $fruit.