Take out variable value from string

Lets say I have an array with some values, eg:

$category="Wedding";

$cats=array(
'wedding-cakes'=>array('main', 'Wedding Cakes'),
'wedding-venues'=>array('main', 'Wedding Venues'),
'other-cakes=>array('sub', 'Other Cakes'),
'other-venues'=>array('sub', 'Other Venues'),
);

Code (markup):

Now when I output this array, if it finds the value of $category in $cats[1], it does not print out that bit, eg in the above the two 'Wedding' entries should only output 'Cakes' and 'Venues' respectively as $cats[1] contains the string "Wedding".

 

str_replace() lets you provide an array as the replace subject too and will return the new array.

$new_cats = str_replace($category, "", $cats);