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Subject: Re: [PATCH] New functions: array_replace[_recursive]
From: cschneid@cschneid.com (Christian Schneider)

Matt Wilmas wrote:
> array_replace() is like the + operator applied to arrays, except that it
> WILL overwrite ("replace") existing entries.

Excuse my ignorance but what's the difference between
	$array = array_replace($array1, $array2);
and
	$array = $array2 + $array1;
apart from different order of the entries in the resulting array?

> array_replace_recursive() will do the same except that it becomes
> recursive only when both the destination and source entries are
> arrays, otherwise the new source entry still replaces any existing
> one.

Hmm, generic enough to be included?

- Chris