How to merge an array with duplicate keys with array merge?

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$cat1=array( "_id"=>new MongoId("562918fc2bad8c345d000029"),"name"=>"Category Two");


$cat2=array("_id"=>new MongoId("562918e62bad8c445d000029"),
"name"=>"Category One");

$categories=array();

$categories=array_merge($cat1,$cat2);

print_r($categories);

but it returns as follow

 array("_id"=>new MongoId("562918e62bad8c445d000029"),
"name"=>"Category One")

I tried array_unique too

array_unique(array_merge($cat1,$cat2))

But result was same as above
I know its not merging both array because both have same array keys. Instead its merging second into a first array, But how can I merge both arrays so it will look like following.

array(array( "_id"=>new MongoId("562918fc2bad8c345d000029"),"name"=>"Category Two"),array("_id"=>new MongoId("562918e62bad8c445d000029"),
    "name"=>"Category One"));

Have a look at live code http://viper-7.com/Oaa4zL

what result you want?

Ashish Choudhary
– Ashish Choudhary

2015-10-22 17:36:02 +00:00
Commented Oct 22, 2015 at 17:36 — Ashish Choudhary
– Ashish Choudhary, Commented Oct 22, 2015 at 17:36
It should be merged like the last one.. I have mentioned it

phpnerd
– phpnerd

2015-10-22 17:41:57 +00:00
Commented Oct 22, 2015 at 17:41 — phpnerd
– phpnerd, Commented Oct 22, 2015 at 17:41

Ashish Choudhary · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-22 17:48:05Z

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If you don't know how many categories will be there, then you can simply push them to the array.

$allCat = array();
$allCat[] = $cat1;
$allCat[] = $cat2;
.
.
.
$allCat[] = $catN;

print_r($allCat);

answered Oct 22, 2015 at 17:48

Ashish Choudhary

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Ashish Choudhary Over a year ago

Yes it is. It pushes category array to allCat array.

The fourth bird · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-22 17:44:49Z

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You could do it manually and add them both to an array:

print_r(array(
    $cat1,
    $cat2
));

answered Oct 22, 2015 at 17:44

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AbraCadaver · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-22 17:51:35Z

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No need to merge them:

$categories[] = array("_id"=>new MongoId("562918fc2bad8c345d000029"),
                      "name"=>"Category Two");

$categories[] = array("_id"=>new MongoId("562918e62bad8c445d000029"),
                      "name"=>"Category One");

answered Oct 22, 2015 at 17:51

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