array_merge_recursive() function in php

array_merge_recursive() function in PHP is used to merge two or more arrays into a new array means it add the value of an array into the end of another array.

Note: the difference between array_merge and array_merge_recursive is that if two arrays have same keys then array_merge allocate the value of second array to that key but array_merge_recursive function assign a array to that key which contains values of both arrays assigned to that key.

Syntax:

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$arr1,$arr2 and $arrN are PHP arrays.

Example:

<?php
$arr1 = array("fruit1"=>"apple","fruit2"=>"banana","fruit3"=>"orange");
$arr2 = array("fruit1"=>"grape","fruit4"=>"pear","fruit5"=>"mango");
$result=array_merge_recursive($arr1,$arr2);
echo "<pre>";
print_r($result);
?>

Output: