Array slice function that works with associative arrays (keys):
function array_slice_assoc($array,$keys) {
    return array_intersect_key($array,array_flip($keys));
}(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
array_slice — Extrae una porción de array
   array_slice() devuelve una serie de elementos
   del array array comenzando en el
   offset offset y representando
   length elementos.
  
arrayEl array de entrada.
offset
       Si offset es no negativo, la secuencia
       comenzará en esta posición en el array array.
      
       Si offset es negativo, la secuencia
       comenzará en la posición offset, pero comenzando
       desde el final del array array.
      
Nota:
El parámetro
offsetindica la posición en el array, no la clave.
length
       Si length es proporcionado y positivo, entonces
       la secuencia tendrá hasta ese número de elementos.
      
       Si el array es más corto que length,
       entonces solo los elementos del array disponibles estarán presentes.
      
       Si length es proporcionado y negativo, entonces
       la secuencia excluirá ese número de elementos del final del array.
      
       Si es omitido, la secuencia tendrá todo
       desde la posición offset hasta el final de
       array.
      
preserve_keysNota:
Por omisión array_slice() reordenará y reinicializará los índices enteros del array. Este comportamiento puede ser modificado definiendo el parámetro
preserve_keysatrue. Las claves en forma de string son siempre conservadas, independientemente de este parámetro.
Devuelve la porción del array. Si la posición es mayor que el tamaño del array, un array vacío es devuelto.
Ejemplo #1 Ejemplo con array_slice()
<?php
$input = array("a", "b", "c", "d", "e");
$output = array_slice($input, 2);         // devuelve "c", "d", y "e"
$output = array_slice($input, -2, 1);     // devuelve "d"
$output = array_slice($input, 0, 3);      // devuelve "a", "b", y "c"
// note las claves de índice diferentes
print_r(array_slice($input, 2, -1));
print_r(array_slice($input, 2, -1, true));
?>El ejemplo anterior mostrará:
Array
(
    [0] => c
    [1] => d
)
Array
(
    [2] => c
    [3] => d
)
Ejemplo #2 array_slice() y basado en un array
<?php
$input = array(1 => "a", "b", "c", "d", "e");
print_r(array_slice($input, 1, 2));
?>El ejemplo anterior mostrará:
Array
(
    [0] => b
    [1] => c
)
Ejemplo #3 array_slice() y array con claves mixtas
<?php
$ar = array('a'=>'apple', 'b'=>'banana', '42'=>'pear', 'd'=>'orange');
print_r(array_slice($ar, 0, 3));
print_r(array_slice($ar, 0, 3, true));
?>El ejemplo anterior mostrará:
Array
(
    [a] => apple
    [b] => banana
    [0] => pear
)
Array
(
    [a] => apple
    [b] => banana
    [42] => pear
)
Array slice function that works with associative arrays (keys):
function array_slice_assoc($array,$keys) {
    return array_intersect_key($array,array_flip($keys));
}If you want an associative version of this you can do the following:
function array_slice_assoc($array,$keys) {
    return array_intersect_key($array,array_flip($keys));
}
However, if you want an inverse associative version of this, just use array_diff_key instead of array_intersect_key. 
function array_slice_assoc_inverse($array,$keys) {
    return array_diff_key($array,array_flip($keys));
}
Example:
$arr = [
    'name' => 'Nathan',
    'age' => 20,
    'height' => 6
];
array_slice_assoc($arr, ['name','age']);
will return 
Array (
     'name' = 'Nathan',
     'age' = 20
)
Where as
array_slice_assoc_inverse($arr, ['name']);
will return 
Array (
    'age' = 20,
    'height' = 6
)<?php
// CHOP $num ELEMENTS OFF THE FRONT OF AN ARRAY
// RETURN THE CHOP, SHORTENING THE SUBJECT ARRAY
function array_chop(&$arr, $num)
{
    $ret = array_slice($arr, 0, $num);
    $arr = array_slice($arr, $num);
    return $ret;
}based on worldclimb's arem(), here is a recursive array value removal tool that can work with multidimensional arrays.
function remove_from_array($array,$value){
    $clear = true;
    $holding=array();
   
    foreach($array as $k => $v){
        if (is_array($v)) {
            $holding [$k] = remove_from_array ($v, $value);
            }
        elseif ($value == $v) {
            $clear = false;
            }
        elseif($value != $v){
            $holding[$k]=$v; // removes an item by combing through the array in order and saving the good stuff
        }
    }   
    if ($clear) return $holding; // only pass back the holding array if we didn't find the value 
}array_slice can be used to remove elements from an array but it's pretty simple to use a custom function.
One day array_remove() might become part of PHP and will likely be a reserved function name, hence the unobvious choice for this function's names.
<?
function arem($array,$value){
    $holding=array();
    foreach($array as $k => $v){
        if($value!=$v){
            $holding[$k]=$v;
        }
    }    
    return $holding;
}
function akrem($array,$key){
    $holding=array();
    foreach($array as $k => $v){
        if($key!=$k){
            $holding[$k]=$v;
        }
    }    
    return $holding;
}
$lunch = array('sandwich' => 'cheese', 'cookie'=>'oatmeal','drink' => 'tea','fruit' => 'apple');
echo '<pre>';
print_r($lunch);
$lunch=arem($lunch,'apple');
print_r($lunch);
$lunch=akrem($lunch,'sandwich');
print_r($lunch);
echo '</pre>';
?>
(remove 9's in email)The documentation doesn't say it, but if LENGTH is ZERO, then the result is an empty array [].remember that array_slice returns an array with the current element. you must use array_slice($array, $index+1) if you want to get the next elements.Using the varname function referenced from the array_search page, submitted by dcez at land dot ru. I created a multi-dimensional array splice function. It's usage is like so:
$array['admin'] = array('blah1', 'blah2');
$array['voice'] = array('blah3', 'blah4');
array_cut('blah4', $array);
...Would strip blah4 from the array, no matter where the position of it was in the array ^^ Returning this...
Array ( [admin] => Array ( [0] => blah1 [1] => blah2 ) [voice] => Array ( [0] => blah3 ) ) 
Here is the code...
<?php
  function varname ($var)
  {
    // varname function by dcez at land dot ru
    return (isset($var)) ? array_search($var, $GLOBALS) : false;
  }
  function array_cut($needle, $haystack)
  {
    foreach ($haystack as $k => $v)
    {
      for ($i=0; $i<count($v); $i++)
        if ($v[$i] === $needle)
        {
          return array_splice($GLOBALS[varname($haystack)][$k], $i, 1);
          break; break;
        }
    }
?>
Check out dreamevilconcept's forum for more innovative creations!To save the sort order of a numeric index in the array. Version php =>5.5.26
/*
Example
*/
$arr = array( "1" =>2, "2" =>3 , "3" =>5 );
print_r(array_slice($arr,1,null,true));
/*
Result
Array
(
[2] => 3
[3] => 5
)
*/<?php
/**
 * Reorders an array by keys according to a list of values.
 * @param array $array the array to reorder. Passed by reference
 * @param array $list the list to reorder by
 * @param boolean $keepRest if set to FALSE, anything not in the $list array will be removed.
 * @param boolean $prepend if set to TRUE, will prepend the remaining values instead of appending them
 * @author xananax AT yelostudio DOT com
 */
function array_reorder(array &$array,array $list,$keepRest=TRUE,$prepend=FALSE,$preserveKeys=TRUE){
    $temp = array();
    foreach($list as $i){
        if(isset($array[$i])){
            $tempValue = array_slice(
                $array,
                array_search($i,array_keys($array)),
                1,
                $preserveKeys
            );
            $temp[$i] = array_shift($tempValue);
            unset($array[$i]);
        }
    }
    $array = $keepRest ?
        ($prepend? 
            $array+$temp
            :$temp+$array
        )
        : $temp;
}
/** exemple ** /
$a = array(
    'a'    =>    'a',
    'b'    =>    'b',
    'c'    =>    'c',
    'd'    =>    'd',
    'e'    =>    'e'
);
$order = array('c','b','a');
array_reorder($a,$order,TRUE);
echo '<pre>';
print_r($a);
echo '</pre>';
/** exemple end **/
?><?php
    // Combines two arrays by inserting one into the other at a given position then returns the result
    function array_insert($src, $dest, $pos) {
        if (!is_array($src) || !is_array($dest) || $pos <= 0) return FALSE;
        return array_merge(array_slice($dest, 0, $pos), $src, array_slice($dest, $pos));
    }
?>If you specify the fourth argument (to not reassign the keys), then there appears to be no way to get the function to return all values to the end of the array. Assigning -0 or NULL or just putting two commas in a row won't return any results./**
    * Remove a value from a array
    * @param string $val
    * @param array $arr
    * @return array $array_remval
    */
    function array_remval($val, &$arr)
    {
          $array_remval = $arr;
          for($x=0;$x<count($array_remval);$x++)
          {
              $i=array_search($val,$array_remval);
              if (is_numeric($i)) {
                  $array_temp  = array_slice($array_remval, 0, $i );
                $array_temp2 = array_slice($array_remval, $i+1, count($array_remval)-1 );
                $array_remval = array_merge($array_temp, $array_temp2);
              }
          }
          return $array_remval;
    }
$stack=Array('apple','banana','pear','apple', 'cherry', 'apple');
array_remval("apple", $stack);
//output: Array('banana','pear', 'cherry')<?php
/**
 * @desc
 * Combines two arrays by inserting one into the other at a given position then
 * returns the result.
 *
 * @since   2007/10/04
 * @version v0.7 2007/10/04 18:47:52
 * @author  AexChecker <AexChecker@yahoo.com>
 * @param   array $source
 * @param   array $destination
 * @param   int [optional] $offset
 * @param   int [optional] $length
 * @return  array
 */
function array_insert($source, $destination, $offset = NULL, $length = NULL) {
    if (!is_array($source) || empty($source)) {
        if (is_array($destination) && !empty($destination)) {
            return $destination;
        }
        return array();
    }
    if (is_null($offset)) {
        return array_merge($destination, $source);
    }
    $offset = var2int($offset);
    if (is_null($length)) {
        if ($offset === 0) {
            return array_merge($source, array_slice($destination, 1));
        }
        if ($offset === -1) {
            return array_merge(array_slice($destination, 0, -1), $source);
        }
        return array_merge(
            array_slice($destination, 0, $offset),
            $source,
            array_slice($destination, ++$offset)
        );
    }
    if ($offset === 0) {
        return array_merge($source, array_slice($destination, $length));
    }
    $destination_count = count($destination);
    $length = var2int($length);
    if ($offset > 0) {
        if ($destination_count - $offset < 1) {
            return array_merge($destination, $source);
        }
    } else{
        if (($t = $destination_count + $offset) < 1) {
            return array_merge($source, $destination);
        }
        $offset = $t;
    }
    if ($length > 0) {
        $length+= $offset;
    } elseif ($length < 0 && !($length * -1 < $destination_count)) {
        return $source;
    } else {
        $length = $offset;
    }
    return array_merge(
        array_slice($destination, 0, $offset),
        $source,
        array_slice($destination, $length)
    );
}
?>Note that offset is not the same thing as key. Offset always starts at 0, while keys might be any number.
So this:
<?php print_r(array_slice(array(0 => 0, 5 => 5, 13 => 13),1)); ?>
will result in this:
Array
(
    [0] => 5
    [1] => 13
)Sometimes you need to pick certain non-integer and/or non-sequential keys out of an array. Consider using the array_pick() implementation below to pull specific keys, in a specific order, out of a source array:
<?php
$a = array ('a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3, 'd' => 4);
$b = array_pick($a, array ('d', 'b'));
// now:
// $a = array ('a' => 1, 'c' => '3');
// $b = array ('d' => 4, 'b' => '2');
function &array_pick(&$array, $keys)
{
    if (! is_array($array)) {
        trigger_error('First parameter must be an array', E_USER_ERROR);
        return false;
    }
    if (! (is_array($keys) || is_scalar($keys))) {
        trigger_error('Second parameter must be an array of keys or a scalar key', E_USER_ERROR);
        return false;
    }
    if (is_array($keys)) {
        // nothing to do
    } else if (is_scalar($keys)) {
        $keys = array ($keys);
    }
    $resultArray = array ();
    foreach ($keys as $key) {
        if (is_scalar($key)) {
            if (array_key_exists($key, $array)) {
                $resultArray[$key] = $array[$key];
                unset($array[$key]);
            }
        } else {
            trigger_error('Supplied key is not scalar', E_USER_ERROR);
            return false;
        }
    }
    return $resultArray;
}
?>