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<?php
$options = array('data_class' => 'foobar', 'required' => true, 'attr' => array('class' => 'custom', 'placeholder' => 'custom bar'));
$typeGuessOptions = array('data_class' => 'foo', 'multiple' => true, 'attr' => array('placeholder' => 'bar', 'maxlength' => 10));
var_dump( array_replace_recursive($typeGuessOptions, $options) );