Anyway, as the replies already show, you have to have a key to identify the record to be deleted, otherwise, I don't see there can be a way. Why don't use the data as key as well? Satyam "Ryan A" <ryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:000301c53aa9$d8685f50$2d80aa51@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Hey, > I have a $data_recs array like this: > > 12 > 445 > 45655 > 4 > 3466663 > etc > > when the user gives me a number, i have to check if its in the array and > delete that entry...how do i do that? > I have looked at the manual but have gotten confused with array > pop,splice,array_key_exists etc > > Thanks, > Ryan > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.3 - Release Date: 4/5/2005 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php