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<?php function func(&$data) { foreach ($data as $key => $value) { if (is_array($value)) { func($data[$key]); } } } $data = [ ['zero' => [0]], ['one' => [1]], ]; //debug_zval_dump($data[1]['one']); //refcount(2) func($data); //debug_zval_dump($data[1]['one']); //refcount(3) array_replace_recursive($data[0], $data[1]); echo json_encode($data);
Output for 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.25, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
[{"zero":[0]},{"one":[1]}]

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