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delayedinsanity · 10-24-2009, 03:15 AM

I have three arrays I'm working with based on queries pulled from a database. All of them have one key => value pair in common, and I'm looking for the most elegant way to merge these arrays.

array_merge() of course won't work, and I'm curious if there's a better solution than iterating through and merging it 'by hand' so to speak within a loop.

For example, the arrays all follow this paradigm;

Code:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [timestamp] => 2009-10-23
            [key_one] => value_one
        )

....

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [timestamp] => 2009-10-23
            [another_key] => another_value

        )

The desired result, is of course;

Code:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [timestamp] => 2009-10-23
            [key_one] => value_one
            [another_key] => another_value
        )

10-24-2009, 03:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
delayedinsanity is cute and cuddly Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Vegas, Baby Posts: 963 Thanks: 31	Array merge on similar key => value I have three arrays I'm working with based on queries pulled from a database. All of them have one key => value pair in common, and I'm looking for the most elegant way to merge these arrays. array_merge() of course won't work, and I'm curious if there's a better solution than iterating through and merging it 'by hand' so to speak within a loop. For example, the arrays all follow this paradigm; Code: Array ( [0] => Array ( [timestamp] => 2009-10-23 [key_one] => value_one ) .... Array ( [0] => Array ( [timestamp] => 2009-10-23 [another_key] => another_value ) The desired result, is of course; Code: Array ( [0] => Array ( [timestamp] => 2009-10-23 [key_one] => value_one [another_key] => another_value )