How to remove first dimension of an array without loosing keys? - arrays

Question

How can i remove the first dimansion of a multidemensional Array without loosing the keys?
i have an Array that have multiple arrays inside
the firstkey is a Date and the secondkey is the hour.
my Output is:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[firstkey] => Array
(
[secondkey] => Array
(
[0] => 7
[1] => 8
)
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[firstkey] => Array
(
[secondkey] => Array
(
[0] => 7
[1] => 8
)
)
)
)
and i want this:
Array
(
[firstkey] => Array
(
[secondkey] => Array
(
[0] => x
[1] => y
[2] => z
[3] => r
)
)
)
i also tried array_merge_recursive() but instead of putting the values to the secondkey it creates a new array with an incremental key

Answer 1

okay found a solution on:
PHP : multidimensional array merge recursive
function array_merge_recursive_ex(array $array1, array $array2)
{
$merged = $array1;
foreach ($array2 as $key => & $value) {
if (is_array($value) && isset($merged[$key]) && is_array($merged[$key])) {
$merged[$key] = array_merge_recursive_ex($merged[$key], $value);
} else if (is_numeric($key)) {
if (!in_array($value, $merged)) {
$merged[] = $value;
}
} else {
$merged[$key] = $value;
}
}
return $merged;
}
and with this function i can merge that mutlidemensional array without loosing keys:
$newarray =[];
foreach($array as $firstkey){
$newarray = array_merge_recursive_ex($newarray, $firstkey);
}