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Array merge, derivation style
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<?php | |
function array_merge_derivation (array $base, array $derived) | |
{ | |
$merged = []; | |
foreach ($base as $base_key => $base_value) { | |
$merged[$base_key] = $base_value; | |
if (isset($derived[$base_key])) { | |
if (\is_array($base_value)) { | |
$merged[$base_key] = array_merge_derivation($base[$base_key], $derived[$base_key]); | |
} else { | |
$merged[$base_key] = $derived[$base_key]; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
foreach ($derived as $derived_key => $derived_value) { | |
if (!isset($merged[$derived_key])) { | |
$merged[$derived_key] = $derived_value; | |
} | |
} | |
return $merged; | |
} |
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Use this method to merge two arrays in the following way: base array for default values, derived array for overrides.