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[jream]

This is the fastest way I've seen to remove empty array elements without having to do your own loop.

<?php

$data = array(
  'name' => "Ted',
  'age' => 20,
  'extra' => ''
);

array_filter('strlen', $data);

 

Remember, array format changes the reference of the array passed on, so you do not need to re-assign $data.

 

* Fixed thanks MikeXS

[MikeXS]

Hey Jesse, did you mean to use array_filter there instead of array_format ? Unless array_format is a custom function ?

Here's an example with array filter:
 

$data = array(
'name' => 'Ted',
'age' => 20,
'extra' => ''
);

var_dump($data);

Output:

array
  'name' => string 'Ted' (length=3)
  'age' => int 20
  'extra' => string '' (length=0)

Array_Filter
 

$data = array_filter($data,'strlen');

var_dump($data);

Output:

array
'name' => string 'Ted' (length=3)
'age' => int 20

 
Or even just straight up like :

$data = array_filter($data);

var_dump($data);

Output:

array
  'name' => string 'Ted' (length=3)
  'age' => int 20

[jream]

Yes you are right, fixed!