lithium\util\Set::merge()

public static method

This method can be thought of as a hybrid between PHP's array_merge() and array_merge_recursive(). The difference to the two is that if an array key contains another array then the function behaves recursive (unlike array_merge()) but does not do if for keys containing strings (unlike array_merge_recursive()). Please note: This function will work with an unlimited amount of arguments and typecasts non-array parameters into arrays.

Parameters

  • array $array1

    The base array.
  • array $array2

    The array to be merged on top of the base array.

Returns

array

Merged array of all passed params.

Source

	public static function merge(array $array1, array $array2) {
		$args = [$array1, $array2];

		if (!$array1 || !$array2) {
			return $array1 ?: $array2;
		}
		$result = (array) current($args);

		while (($arg = next($args)) !== false) {
			foreach ((array) $arg as $key => $val) {
				if (is_array($val) && isset($result[$key]) && is_array($result[$key])) {
					$result[$key] = static::merge($result[$key], $val);
				} elseif (is_int($key)) {
					$result[] = $val;
				} else {
					$result[$key] = $val;
				}
			}
		}
		return $result;
	}