Online PHP editor | output for K3l58

<?php $records = array( array( 'id' => 2135, 'first_name' => 'John', 'last_name' => 'Doe', ), array( 'id' => 3245, 'first_name' => 'Sally', 'last_name' => 'Smith', ), array( 'id' => 5342, 'first_name' => 'Jane', 'last_name' => 'Jones', ), array( 'id' => 5623, 'first_name' => 'Peter', 'last_name' => 'Doe', ) ); $records2 = array( array( 'id' => 2135, 'first_name' => 'John', 'last_name' => 'Doe', ), array( 'id' => 3245, 'first_name' => 'Sally', 'last_name' => 'Smith', ), array( 'id' => 5342, 'first_name' => 'Jane', 'last_name' => 'Jones', ), array( 'id' => 5624, 'first_name' => 'Peter', 'last_name' => 'Doe', ) ); $first = array_column($records, null, 'id'); $second = array_column($records2, null, 'id'); $third = $first + $second; // if you need to reset indexes // $third = array_values($third); echo print_r($third);