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<?php$a = array(				'testa' => array(								'a' => 'a1',								'b' => 'b1',								'c' => array(											'd' => 'd1',											'e' => 'e1',											),								),				'testb' => array(								'a' => 'a1',								'b' => 'b1',								'c' => array(											0 => 'd1',											1 => 'e1',											2 => 'f1',											),								),				);$b = array(				'testa' => array(								'a' => 'test',								'c' => array(											'd' => 'test',											),								),				'testb' => array(								'c' => array(											0 => 'g1',											1 => 'h1',											2 => 'i1',											),								),				'testc' => 'hi',				);// parse through an array, $a is the original array and// $b is the new array to merge into itfunction parse_array($a, $b){	// an array that will hold the new, properly	// merged version of the two arrays	$new = array();		// if we've encountered numbered keys, this	// will be true	$numbers = FALSE;		// if $a is bigger than $b, lots of code repetition	// beyond this point.. ugh.	if(count($a) >= count($b))	{		// override the arrays if necessary		foreach($a as $key => $val)						// if we've found a number, stop the loop			if((string)(int)$key == $key) // dunno why ctype_digit didn't work...			{				$numbers = TRUE;				break;			}						// otherwise, override the key with a $b value			// if it exists.			else				$new[$key] = isset($b[$key]) ? $b[$key] : $a[$key];	}		// otherwise..	else	{		// override the arrays if necessary		foreach($b as $key => $val)			if((string)(int)$key == $key)			{				$numbers = TRUE;				break;			}						// otherwise, override the key with an $a value			// if it exists.			else				$new[$key] = isset($a[$key]) ? $a[$key] : $b[$key];	}		// merge the arrays if they are numbered keys	if($numbers)	{		$new = array_merge($a, $b);	}		// loop through the new array and check for sub-arrays	foreach($new as $key => $val)		// recursively go through		if(is_array($new[$key]))			$new[$key] = parse_array($a[$key], isset($b[$key]) ? $b[$key] : array());			// return the new, merged array	return $new;}	$new = parse_array($a, $b);print_r($new);?>