$v ) { if ( $this->in_array( $value2, $v, $k ) ) { $temp_diff = $this->array_diff_recursive( $v, $value2[ $k ] ); if ( $temp_diff ) { $diff[ $k ] = $temp_diff; } } elseif ( ! array_key_exists( $k, $value2 ) || $v !== $value2[ $k ] ) { $diff[ $k ] = $v; } } return $diff; } /** * @param array $target * @param array $source * * @return array */ public function recursive_merge( array $target, array $source ) { foreach ( $source as $k => $v ) { if ( $this->in_array( $target, $v, $k ) ) { $target[ $k ] = $this->recursive_merge( $target[ $k ], $v ); } else { $target[ $k ] = $v; } } return $target; } /** * @param array $haystack * @param mixed $needle * @param string $needle_key * * @return bool */ private function in_array( array $haystack, $needle, $needle_key ) { return is_array( $needle ) && array_key_exists( $needle_key, $haystack ) && is_array( $haystack[ $needle_key ] ); } }