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  <refentry id="function.array-splice">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>array_splice</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Remove a portion of the array and replace it with something
     else
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>array</type><methodname>array_splice</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>input</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>offset</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>length</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam choice="opt"><type>array</type><parameter>
        replacement
       </parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     <function>array_splice</function> removes the elements designated
     by <parameter>offset</parameter> and
     <parameter>length</parameter> from the
     <parameter>input</parameter> array, and replaces them with the
     elements of the <parameter>replacement</parameter> array, if
     supplied. It returns an array containing the extracted elements.
    </para>
    <para>
     If <parameter>offset</parameter> is positive then the start of
     removed portion is at that offset from the beginning of the
     <parameter>input</parameter> array.  If
     <parameter>offset</parameter> is negative then it starts that far
     from the end of the <parameter>input</parameter> array.
    </para>
    <para>
     If <parameter>length</parameter> is omitted, removes everything
     from <parameter>offset</parameter> to the end of the array.  If
     <parameter>length</parameter> is specified and is positive, then
     that many elements will be removed. If
     <parameter>length</parameter> 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
     <parameter>offset</parameter> to the end of the array when
     <parameter>replacement</parameter> is also specified, use
     <literal>count($input)</literal> for
     <parameter>length</parameter>.
    </para>
    <para>
     If <parameter>replacement</parameter> array is specified, then
     the removed elements are replaced with elements from this array.
     If <parameter>offset</parameter> and
     <parameter>length</parameter> are such that nothing is removed,
     then the elements from the <parameter>replacement</parameter>
     array are inserted in the place specified by the
     <parameter>offset</parameter>. Tip: if the replacement is just
     one element it is not necessary to put <literal>array()</literal>
     around it, unless the element is an array itself.
    </para>
    <para>
     The following equivalences hold:
   <table>
    <title><function>array_splice</function> equivalents</title>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>
        array_push($input, $x, $y) 
       </entry>
       <entry>
        array_splice($input, count($input), 0, array($x, $y))
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry>
        array_pop($input) 
       </entry>
       <entry>
        array_splice($input, -1)
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry>
        array_shift($input)
       </entry>
       <entry>
        array_splice($input, 0, 1)
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry>
        array_unshift($input, $x, $y)
       </entry>
       <entry>
        array_splice($input, 0, 0, array($x, $y))
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
       <entry>
        $a[$x] = $y
       </entry>
       <entry>
        array_splice($input, $x, 1, $y)
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>      
    </tgroup>
   </table>
    </para>
    <para>
     Returns the array consisting of removed elements.
    </para>
    <para>
     <example>
      <title><function>array_splice</function> examples</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$input = array("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");
array_splice($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")

$input = array("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");
array_splice($input, 3, 0, "purple");
// $input is now array("red", "green",
//          "blue", "purple", "yellow");
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
    <para>
     See also <function>array_slice</function>, 
     <function>unset</function>, and
     <function>array_merge</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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