remove item from array of objects based on item inside object - php

Question

I have array of objects, for each objects i have name, category, price and couple other things. and from that array i want to remove objects that has specific category.
public function getCSV()
{
$contents = Storage::disk('dropbox')->get('InventoryReport.csv');
$lines = explode(PHP_EOL, $contents);
$items = array();
// categories to ignore when importing
$ignore = ['Misc', 'Soft Drinks', 'Juices', 'Water', 'Snack', 'Energy Drink', 'Tobacco', 'Gum', 'Account Payment'];
foreach ($lines as $line)
{
$items[] = str_getcsv($line);
}
array_shift($items);
array_pop($items);
// foreach ($items as $item)
// {
// $i = Item::where('upc', $item[7])->first();
// if($i == null)
// {
// $name = str_slug($item[8], '-');
// // $inventory = Item::create(
// // ['upc' => $item[7],
// // 'name' => $item[8],
// // 'price' => $item[9],
// // 'stock' => $item[10],
// // 'cost' => $item[11],
// // 'category' => $item[2],
// // 'slug' => $name
// // ]
// // );
// }
// }
}
above is my code. I want to remove all the items in array that has category thats inside $ignore array. before i store it into database.

Answer 1

Replace this:
foreach ($lines as $line)
{
$items[] = str_getcsv($line);
}
with:
foreach ($lines as $line) {
$item = str_getcsv($line);
if (count($item) > 1 && !in_array($item[2], $ignore)) {
$items[] = $item;
}
}
Now $items will only have the items you are looking for.
NB: Review whether the calls of array_shift and array_pop are still needed, depending on what the category was of those two items.