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TIL combining PHP arrays

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TAGS: php arrays

First, there was array_merge.
Then array_replace.
Finally, the + operator (union).

Since all 3 do similar thing, and the docs don’t quite describe the difference between them, here’s a nice image of it.

This visual:

(Via array_merge vs array_replace vs + (plus aka union) in PHP)

and
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5394157/whats-the-difference-between-array-merge-and-array-array

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