Online PHP editor | refs for gM0vA

<?php $i_have_this = [ "Base/child" => [ [ "filename" => "child-1", "last_modified" => "29/01/2020" ], [ "filename" => "child-2", "last_modified" => "29/01/2020" ], [ "filename" => "child-3", "last_modified" => "29/01/2020" ] ], "Base/child/grandChild1" => [ [ "filename" => "grandChild1-1", "last_modified" => "29/01/2020" ] ], "Base/child/grandChild2" => [ [ "filename" => "grandChild2-1", "last_modified" => "29/01/2020" ], [ "filename" => "grandChild2-2", "last_modified" => "29/01/2020" ], [ "filename" => "grandChild2-3", "last_modified" => "29/01/2020" ], [ "filename" => "grandChild2-4", "last_modified" => "29/01/2020" ], [ "filename" => "grandChild2-5", "last_modified" => "29/01/2020" ] ] ]; $want_this = []; foreach($i_have_this as $path => $value) { $temp = &$want_this; foreach (explode('/', $path) as $key) { $temp = &$temp[$key]; } $temp = $value; } print_r($want_this);