можно использовать вот такую штуку
/**
* Merges two or more arrays into one recursively.
* If each array has an element with the same string key value, the latter
* will overwrite the former (different from array_merge_recursive).
* Recursive merging will be conducted if both arrays have an element of array
* type and are having the same key.
* For integer-keyed elements, the elements from the latter array will
* be appended to the former array.
* @param array $a array to be merged to
* @param array $b array to be merged from. You can specify additional
* arrays via third argument, fourth argument etc.
* @return array the merged array (the original arrays are not changed.)
* @see mergeWith
*/
public function mergeArray($a,$b)
{
$args=func_get_args();
$res=array_shift($args);
while(!empty($args))
{
$next=array_shift($args);
foreach($next as $k => $v)
{
if(is_integer($k))
isset($res[$k]) ? $res[]=$v : $res[$k]=$v;
elseif(is_array($v) && isset($res[$k]) && is_array($res[$k]))
$res[$k]=self::mergeArray($res[$k],$v);
else
$res[$k]=$v;
}
}
return $res;
}