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<?php $tree = [ 0 => [ 'name' => 'root', 'data' => 0, 'children' => [ '1' => [ 'name' => 'Auto', 'data' => 0, 'children' => [ '2' => [ 'name' => 'Tyres', 'data' => 0, 'children' => [], ], '3' => [ 'name' => 'Audio', 'data' => 1, 'children' => [], ], ], ], '4' => [ 'name' => 'Dishes', 'data' => 0, 'children' => [ '5' => [ 'name' => 'Forks', 'data' => 0, 'children' => [], ], '6' => [ 'name' => 'Knives', 'data' => 0, 'children' => [ '7' => [ 'name' => 'Stainless steel', 'data' => 0, 'children' => [], ], '8' => [ 'name' => 'Silver', 'data' => 0, 'children' => [], ], ], ], ], ], ] ] ]; #var_dump($tree); function reduceTree($tree) { foreach ($tree['children'] as $key => $value) { if ($value['children']) { $tree['children'][$key] = reduceTree($value); } if (!$tree['data']) { unset($tree['children'][$key]); } } return $tree; } $new = reduceTree($tree[0]); var_dump($new);
Output for 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.7, 7.2.29 - 7.2.33, 7.3.16 - 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
array(3) { ["name"]=> string(4) "root" ["data"]=> int(0) ["children"]=> array(0) { } }

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