How to unset or remove a collection element after fetching it

Question

I have a collection which I want to iterate and modify while I fetch some of its elements. But I could't find a way or method to remove that fetched element.

$selected = []; 
foreach ($collection as $key => $value) {
      if ($collection->selected == true) {
          $selected[] = $value;
          unset($value);
      }
}

This is just a representation of my question for demonstration.

So for working solution I have added $collection->forget($key) inside the if statement.

Below is the working solution of my problem:

$selected = []; 
foreach ($collection as $key => $value) {
      if ($collection->selected == true) {
          $selected[] = $value;
          $collection->forget($key);
      }
}

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

You would want to use ->forget()

$collection->forget($key);

Hope it helps!!

Thank you!!