unset last item of array

Question

in this code i try to unset first and last item of $status array
to unset but the last item that i tried place thier pointer in $end
not unset what can I do for thi

Answer 1

$item[$fieldneedle] = " node_os_disk_danger ";
$status = preg_split('/_/',$item[$fieldneedle]);
$status = array_slice($status, 1, -1);