Remove specific values from array

[chrisburton]

My array:

array (size=15)
0 =>
array (size=5)
‘title’ => string ‘SCOTUS: No right to remain silence unless you speak up’ (length=54)
‘link’ => string ‘http://www.readability.com/read?url=http://www.salon.com/2013/06/30/scotus_no_right_to_remain_silence_unless_you_speak_up_partner/’ (length=130)
‘description’ => string ‘This article originally appeared on International Business Times. If you want to invoke your constitutional right to remain silent, you’d better not be silent. That’s the circular logic of a recent…’ (length=209)
‘pubDate’ => string ‘Sun, 30 Jun 2013 08:14:59 -0400’ (length=31)
‘guid’ => string ‘http://www.readability.com/read?url=http://www.salon.com/2013/06/30/scotus_no_right_to_remain_silence_unless_you_speak_up_partner/’ (length=130)
1 =>
array (size=5)
‘title’ => string ‘Best Dorm Room Ever! A Peek Inside San Francisco’s New Tiny Apartments’ (length=72)
‘link’ => string ‘http://www.readability.com/read?url=http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/91947/best-dorm-rooms-ever-panoramic-interests-smartspace-soma/#.Uc-kbGS9Kc0’ (length=153)
‘description’ => string ‘The Berkeley, California-based developer Patrick Kennedy does not like to hear his apartments compared to dorm rooms. “That’s a bad word in our office,” he told Architizer.…’ (length=201)
‘pubDate’ => string ‘Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:24:36 -0400’ (length=31)
‘guid’ => string ‘http://www.readability.com/read?url=http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/91947/best-dorm-rooms-ever-panoramic-interests-smartspace-soma/#.Uc-kbGS9Kc0’ (length=153)
[etc]

Desired Result:

array (size=15)
0 =>
array (size=5)
‘title’ => string ‘SCOTUS: No right to remain silence unless you speak up’ (length=54)
‘link’ => string ‘http://www.readability.com/read?url=http://www.salon.com/2013/06/30/scotus_no_right_to_remain_silence_unless_you_speak_up_partner/’ (length=130)
1 =>
array (size=5)
‘title’ => string ‘Best Dorm Room Ever! A Peek Inside San Francisco’s New Tiny Apartments’ (length=72)
‘link’ => string ‘http://www.readability.com/read?url=http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/91947/best-dorm-rooms-ever-panoramic-interests-smartspace-soma/#.Uc-kbGS9Kc0’ (length=153)
[etc]

How can I remove `description`, `pubDate` and `guid` from the array so it just leaves `title` and `link`?

[TheDoc]

Instead, wouldn’t you just change the code that iterates through the array to ignore the items that you don’t want?

[Kitty Giraudel]

> Instead, wouldn’t you just change the code that iterates through the array to ignore the items that you don’t want?

I would do that.

[chrisburton]

@TheDoc You mean do something like this?:

$items = $data; // this is what outputs the 1st example

$title = $items; // grabs the title
$url = $items; // grabs the link

[__]

Ignoring the items you don’t want is usually best.

_– snip —
overkill answer._

[chrisburton]

> Ignoring the items you don’t want is usually best.

@TheDoc, @HugoGiraudel and @traq

You’re right. I was hoping it would have been more simple than all that. I initially thought it could be done just by using `array_splice()` but I think I’ll stick with ignoring the other strings.

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