PHP: Select part of array

Question

I have an array:

$array = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8];

How do I select a subset of the array, to return just [2,3,4,5,6]?

I think it should be something along the lines of:

$array[2-6]

but that's not working

Answer 1

You want to use array_slice($array, 1, 5)

http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-slice.php

Answer 2

Use array_slice():

$array = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8];    
$output = array_slice($array, 1, 5);

print_r($output);

Output:

Array
(
    [0] => 2
    [1] => 3
    [2] => 4
    [3] => 5
    [4] => 6
)