[ Editor's Note: If you're not concerned with the indexes being contiguously numbered (such as for an associative array) then unset($ar[$ind]); will accomplish the same as the code below without requiring splice/splice/merge. If contiguous numbering IS a concern (such as for indexed arrays), you can still save time by using: unset($ar[$ind]); $ar = array_values($ar); ]
Removing elements from arrays
This works better - much quicker
<?php
$ar = array("einstein", "bert", "colin", "descartes", "renoir");
$a = array_slice($ar, 0, $ind);
$b = array_slice($ar, $ind + 1);
$ar = array_merge($a, $b);
?>
