function array_remove_key($array, $keys) { $num = count($keys); $num_last = $num - 1; $this_array_0 = &$array; $last_key = $keys[$num_last]; for ($i = 0; $i < $num_last; $i++) { $this_key = $keys[$i]; $this_var_name = 'this_array_' . $i; $next_var_name = 'this_array_' . ($i + 1); if (!array_key_exists($this_key, $$this_var_name)) { break; } $$next_var_name = &${$this_var_name}[$this_key]; } unset(${$next_var_name}[$last_key]); return $array; }