How to write a function array_replace_recursive to support old PHP version like PHP 5.2.
The following codes will array_replace_recursive function for PHP 5.2 or older
<?php
if (!function_exists('array_replace_recursive')){
function array_replace_recursive($base, $replacements){
foreach (array_slice(func_get_args(), 1) as $replacements) {
$bref_stack = array(&$base);
$head_stack = array($replacements);
do {
end($bref_stack);
$bref = &$bref_stack[key($bref_stack)];
$head = array_pop($head_stack);
unset($bref_stack[key($bref_stack)]);
foreach (array_keys($head) as $key) {
if (isset($key, $bref) && is_array($bref[$key]) && is_array($head[$key])) {
$bref_stack[] = &$bref[$key];
$head_stack[] = $head[$key];
} else {
$bref[$key] = $head[$key];
}
}
} while(count($head_stack));
}
return $base;
}
}