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<?php $array = [ ['one' => 'data 1'], ['two' => 'data 2'], ['two' => 'data 3'], ['three' => 'data 4'], ['two' => 'data 5'], ['two' => 'data 6'], ['two' => 'data 7'], ['four' => 'data 8'], ]; $result = array_reduce($array, function ($c, $a) { $len = count($c); $key = key($a); if ($key == key($c[$len-1] ?? [])) { if (is_array($c[$len-1][$key])) { $c[$len-1][$key][]= $a[$key]; } else { $c[$len-1][$key] = array($c[$len-1][$key], $a[$key]); } } else { $c[] = $a; } return $c; }, []); print_r($result);
Output for 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 - 8.1.34, 8.2.0 - 8.2.30, 8.3.0 - 8.3.30, 8.4.1 - 8.4.18, 8.5.0 - 8.5.3
Array ( [0] => Array ( [one] => data 1 ) [1] => Array ( [two] => Array ( [0] => data 2 [1] => data 3 ) ) [2] => Array ( [three] => data 4 ) [3] => Array ( [two] => Array ( [0] => data 5 [1] => data 6 [2] => data 7 ) ) [4] => Array ( [four] => data 8 ) )

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