$array_value) { if ( ($count > 0) && ($array_value == $value) ) { unset($my_array[$array_key]); } if ($array_value == $value) $count++; } return array_filter($my_array); } $numbers = array(4, 5, 6, 7, 4, 7, 8); print_r(array_uniq($numbers, 7)); ?>