function custom_array_merge(&$array1, &$array2) { $result = Array(); foreach ($array1 as $key_1 => &$value_1) { // if($value['name']) foreach ($array2 as $key_1 => $value_2) { if($value_1['name'] == $value_2['name']) { $result[] = array_merge($value_1,$value_2); } } } return $result; }