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17 years ago
I have found the following helpful:
<?PHP
function array_merge_default($default, $data) {
        $intersect = array_intersect_key($data, $default); //Get data for which a default exists
        $diff = array_diff_key($default, $data); //Get defaults which are not present in data
        return $diff + $intersect; //Arrays have different keys, return the union of the two
}
?>
It's use is like both of the functions it uses, but keeps defaults and _only_ defaults. It's designed for key arrays, and i'm not sure how it will work on numeric indexed arrays.

Example:
<?PHP
$default = array(
 "one" => 1,
 "two" => 2
);
$untrusted = array(
 "one" => 42,
 "three" => 3
);
var_dump(array_merge_default($default, $untrusted));

array(2) {
  ["two"]=>
  int(2)
  ["one"]=>
  int(42)
}

?>
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