Merging json encoded arrays

Question

Lets say I have these arrays:

$array1 = [

  'test' => json_encode([

      'key1' => 'val1',

      'key2' => 'val2',

      'key3' => 'val3'

   ])

]

Now I have another array

$array2 = [

  'test' => json_encode([

      'key4' => 'val4'

   ])

]

After merge I want it to look like :

$array3 = [

  'test' => json_encode([

      'key1' => 'val1',

      'key2' => 'val2',

      'key3' => 'val3',

      'key4' => 'val4',

   ])

]

But when I do

$result = array_merge($array1, $array2)

Then I get this:

$array3 = [

  'test' => json_encode([

      'key4' => 'val4'

   ])

]

Any suggestions how to fix this? I tried it with

array_merge_recursive

but that also does not give the right result.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I fixed this to by putting the test key in it's own variable. Then I merged them and json_encoded it.

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