- array_search: documentation ( source)
- var_export: documentation ( source)
<?php
$array1 = ["banana","car","carrot"];
$needle = "car";
if (($index = array_search($needle, $array1)) !== false) {
$array2[] = $array1[$index];
unset($array1[$index]);
}
var_export($array1);
echo "\n---\n";
var_export($array2);