Laravel Array Helper Function: array_pull

pull(&$array, $key, $default = null)

The pull helper method is similar to the get (covered in the Laravel Array Helper Function: array_get article) method in that it will return a value for the given $key in the $array (or the $default, if it is specified and the $key does not exists). The difference is that the pull method will remove the item it finds from the array.

Consider the following array, which is probably familiar to most people these days:

 1<?php
 2 
 3$weekDays = [
 4    1 => 'Sunday',
 5    2 => 'Monday',
 6    3 => 'Tuesday',
 7    4 => 'Wednesday',
 8    5 => 'Thursday',
 9    6 => 'Friday',
10    7 => 'Saturday'
11];

A lot of people do not like Mondays. Let's demote Monday to the $theWorstDayOfTheWeek while also removing it from our $weekDays:

1<?php
2 
3use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
4 
5// Demote 'Monday'
6$worstDayOfTheWeek = Arr::pull($weekDays, 2);

The $weekDays array would now look like this:

1array(6) {
2    [1] "Sunday"
3    [3] "Tuesday"
4    [4] "Wednesday"
5    [5] "Thursday"
6    [6] "Friday"
7    [7] "Saturday"
8}

#array_pull(&$array, $key, $default = null)

The array_pull function is a shortcut to calling Arr::pull. This function is declared in the global namespace.

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