Delete element from multidimensional-array based on value

I’m trying to delete elements from a multidimensional-array based on a value. In this case if a sub-array’s key ‘year’ has the value 2011 I want that sub-array out.

Just for the record: i’m running PHP 5.2.

My array looks like this:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [filmId] => 61359
            [url] => http://www.moviemeter.nl/film/61359
            [title] => Unstoppable
            [alternative_title] => 
            [year] => 2011
            [thumbnail] => http://www.moviemeter.nl/images/covers/thumbs/61000/61359.jpg
            [average] => 0
            [votes_count] => 0
            [similarity] => 100.00
            [directors_text] => geregisseerd door Richard Harrison
            [actors_text] => met Chen Shilony, Ruben Crow en David Powell
            [genres_text] => Drama / Komedie
            [duration] => 90
        )
    [1] => Array
        (
            [filmId] => 87923
            [url] => http://www.moviemeter.nl/film/87923
            [title] => Unstoppable
            [alternative_title] => 
            [year] => 2011
            [thumbnail] => http://www.moviemeter.nl/images/covers/thumbs/87000/87923.jpg
            [average] => 0
            [votes_count] => 0
            [similarity] => 100.00
            [directors_text] => geregisseerd door Example Director
            [actors_text] => met Actor 1, Actor 2 en Actor 3
            [genres_text] => Drama / Komedie
            [duration] => 90
        )
    [2] => Array
        (
            [filmId] => 68593
            [url] => http://www.moviemeter.nl/film/68593
            [title] => Unstoppable
            [alternative_title] => 
            [year] => 2010
            [thumbnail] => http://www.moviemeter.nl/images/covers/thumbs/68000/68593.jpg
            [average] => 3.3
            [votes_count] => 191
            [similarity] => 100.00
            [directors_text] => geregisseerd door Tony Scott
            [actors_text] => met Denzel Washington, Chris Pine en Rosario Dawson
            [genres_text] => Actie / Thriller
            [duration] => 98
        )
    [3] => Array
        (
            [filmId] => 17931
            [url] => http://www.moviemeter.nl/film/17931
            [title] => Unstoppable
            [alternative_title] => Nine Lives
            [year] => 2004
            [thumbnail] => http://www.moviemeter.nl/images/covers/thumbs/17000/17931.jpg
            [average] => 2.64
            [votes_count] => 237
            [similarity] => 100.00
            [directors_text] => geregisseerd door David Carson
            [actors_text] => met Wesley Snipes, Jacqueline Obradors en Mark Sheppard
            [genres_text] => Actie / Thriller
            [duration] => 96
        )
)

Answer

Try this:

function removeElementWithValue($array, $key, $value){
     foreach($array as $subKey => $subArray){
          if($subArray[$key] == $value){
               unset($array[$subKey]);
          }
     }
     return $array;
}

Then you would call it like this:

$array = removeElementWithValue($array, "year", 2011);