<?php
function position_merge(array $arr1,array $arr2)
{
$result=array_merge($arr1,$arr2);
array_walk($result,function(&$item,$idx){
$item["array_index"]=$idx;// Make sure this key is not used
});
usort($result,function($a,$b){
return $a["position"]-$b["position"]?:$a["array_index"]-$b["array_index"];
});
array_walk($result,function(&$item){
unset($item["array_index"]);
});
return $result;
}
$array1 = array(
array('name' => 'Bob', 'position' => 1),
array('name' => 'Tim', 'position' => 1),
array('name' => 'Alf', 'position' => 3),
array('name' => 'Jon', 'position' => 3)
);
$array2 = array(
array('name' => 'Tom', 'position' => 2),
array('name' => 'Joe', 'position' => 2),
array('name' => 'Jim', 'position' => 2),
array('name' => 'Kev', 'position' => 2)
);
print_r(position_merge($array1,$array2));
preferences:
37.76 ms | 402 KiB | 5 Q