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<?php $item['event_dates_1'] = [ ['event_date' => '2020-04-02 00:00:00'], ['event_date' => '2020-04-07 00:00:00'], ['event_date' => '2020-12-18 00:00:00'], ]; $now = new \DateTime(); $newDates = array_filter( $item['event_dates_1'], function($event) use ($now) { return $now < (new \DateTime($event['event_date'])); } ); print_r($newDates);

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