array_shift but preserve keys

Question

My array looks like this:

$arValues = array( 345 => \"jhdrfr\", 534 => \"jhdrffr\", 673 => \"jhrffr\", 234 => \"jfrhfr\" );

How

Answer 1

function array_shift_associative(&$arr){
    reset($arr);
    $return = array(key($arr)=>current($arr));
    unset($arr[key($arr)]);
    return $return; 
}

this function uses biziclop's method but returns a key=>value pair.