how to change this array?

i want to change this array:

$a=array('a','b','c','d','e','f','g');

to this:

$a=array('a','b','c');

 

??? you would lose data

 

no... i just need the first 3 entrys of the array.

 

something like this:

for ($x=0; $x<3; $x++) {
$b[$x]=$a[$x];
}

PHP:

now you should have first 3 data of array $a[] into array $b[]

 

thank you max2010. lol so easy and i didn't knew it. >)

 

Rather than looping through the array, you can simply use the array_slice function to do the same;

<?php
$a=array('a','b','c','d','e','f','g');
$b = (array_slice($a, 0, 3);
?>

PHP:

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

 

array_slice is the correct and more efficient method saves you lines of code as well. see lukeg32's post. hands up.

 

tnx lukeg32!

 

Good call. Always try to keep php.net handy so you can find those efficiencies. They really do add up over time in maintenance and cpu load.