# array_splice

{{code:php
    $array = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e');
    $result = array_splice($array, 3);
    var_export($result);
    // => array(0 => 'd', 1 => 'e')

    var_export($result);
    // => array(0 => 'a', 1 => 'b', 2 => 'c')

    $array = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e');
    $result = array_splice($array, 1, 2);
    var_export($result);
    // => array(0 => 'b', 1 => 'c')

    var_export($result);
    // => array(0 => 'a', 1 => 'd', 2 => 'e')

    $array = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e');
    $result = array_splice($array, 1, 2, array('f', 'g'));
    var_export($result);
    // => array(0 => 'b', 1 => 'c');

    var_export($result);
    // => array(0 => 'a', 1 => 'f', 2 => 'g', 3 => 'd', 4 => 'e')
}}

{{code:ruby
}}


{{related:                
    array/array_slice        
    array/array_merge
}}