After deleting the particular multidimensional array element in PHP, the Next array elements are not positioning automatically

Question

I've created the multidimensional array in the following format

Array ( [0] => Array ( [id] => 10 [quantity] => 3 ) [1] => Array ( [id] => 9 [quantity] => 2 ) [2] => Array ( [id] => 12 [quantity] => 4 ) )

When I try to unset an particular array element based on id, after unset i'm getting the array like below.

Array ( [0] => Array ( [id] => 10 [quantity] => 3 ) [2] => Array ( [id] => 12 [quantity] => 4 ) )

The array element is getting unset, but the next array element doesn't move to the deleted array position.

For unset an array element, I'm using the following code.

$i = 0;
foreach($cartdetails["products"] as $key => $item){
    if ($item['id'] == $id) {
        $match = true;
        break;
    }
    $i++;
}
if($match == 'true'){
    unset($cartdetails['products'][$i]);
}

How to solve this issue? Please kindly help me to solve it.

Thanks in advance.

Arrays have fixed positions. You'll need to move them manually in case you want to. — Menno, Jun 19 '13 at 08:49
Please check this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5217721/how-to-remove-array-element-and-then-re-index-array — ejo, Jun 19 '13 at 08:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '13 at 08:50

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Well, if you want to maintain order, but just want to re-index the keys, you can use the array_values() function.

$i = 0;
foreach($cartdetails["products"] as $key => $item){
    if ($item['id'] == $id) {
        $match = true;
        break;
    }
    $i++;
}
if($match == 'true'){
    unset($cartdetails['products'][$i]);
}
array_values($cartdetails['products']);

answered Jun 19 '13 at 08:50

웃웃웃웃웃

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Thank you for your reply. I've tried what you've mentioned above. But its not working.. – Jun 19 '13 at 08:56
Its Working fine.. After assigning like `$cartdetails['products'] = array_values($cartdetails['products']);` – Jun 19 '13 at 09:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 19 '13 at 08:49

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Using unset doesn't alter the indexing of the Array. You probably want to use array_splice.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-splice.php

http://php.net/manual/en/function.unset.php

answered Jun 19 '13 at 08:49

Mir

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 19 '13 at 09:27

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Why don't you use this???

$id = 9;
foreach($cartdetails["products"] as $key => $item){
   if ($item['id'] == $id) {
       unset($cartdetails['products'][$key]);
       break;
   }    
 }

edited Jun 19 '13 at 09:27

Samoth

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answered Jun 19 '13 at 09:03

user2500381

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 19 '13 at 09:04

Why do you use $i++ to find an element to unset?

You can unset your element inside foreach loop:

foreach($cartdetails['products'] as $key => $item){
    if ($item['id'] == $id) {
        unset($cartdetails['products'][$key]);
        break;
    }
}
// in your case array_values will "reindex" your array
array_values($cartdetails['products']);

After deleting the particular multidimensional array element in PHP, the Next array elements are not positioning automatically

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