Enchantment of PHP's array_replace_recursive

array_replace_recursive_overwrite.php

<?php


if (!function_exists('array_replace_recursive_overwrite')) {
    function array_replace_recursive_overwrite($array, $array1)
    {
        $recurse = function ($array,$array1) use (&$recurse)
        {
            foreach ($array1 as $key => $value) {

                $overwrite = is_array($value) && empty($value);
                // create new key in $array, if it is empty or not an array
                if (!isset($array[$key]) || $overwrite || (isset($array[$key]) && !is_array($array[$key]))) {
                    $array[$key] = array();
                }

                // overwrite the value in the base array
                if (is_array($value)) {
                    $value = $recurse($array[$key], $value);
                }
                $array[$key] = $value;
            }
            return $array;
        };

        // handle the arguments, merge one by one
        $args = func_get_args();
        $array = $args[0];
        if (!is_array($array)) {
            return $array;
        }
        for ($i = 1; $i < count($args); $i++) {
            if (is_array($args[$i])) {
                $array = $recurse($array, $args[$i]);
            }
        }
        return $array;
    }
}
?>