$result = array_splice( $yourArray, 0, 1 );

... should do the trick. See array_splice.

This is what array_splice does for you. It even lets you insert new entries there if you so choose.

For this specific case you use:

array_splice($array, 3, 1);

Try this :

$array = array_slice($array, 10);

for more information, look here.

You don't need a loop. To shift the array the same amount of times as the array size, you can use array_fill + array_merge:

$arr = array('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'); $len = count($arr);
$tmp = array_fill(0, $len, 0);
$arr = array_merge($tmp, $arr);

Output:

Array
(
    [0] => 0
    [1] => 0
    [2] => 0
    [3] => 0
    [4] => 0
    [5] => 0
    [6] => A
    [7] => B
    [8] => C
    [9] => D
    [10] => E
    [11] => F
)

If you just need to shift once, use it like so:

$arr = array('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F');
array_unshift($arr, 0); // adds 0 to the first item
// array_pop($arr); // you can remove the last one, if needed

Output (removing the last item):

Array
(
    [0] => 0
    [1] => A
    [2] => B
    [3] => C
    [4] => D
    [5] => E
)

If you want to add more than one and they are different, you can also use array_merge:

$arr = array('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F');
$arr = array_merge(array(0, 'foo', 'bar'), $arr);
// Output: Array ( [0] => 0 [1] => foo [2] => bar [3] => A [4] => B [5] => C [6] => D [7] => E [8] => F )