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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);