function compareAssociativeArrays($first_array, $second_array)
{
	$result = array_diff_assoc($first_array, $second_array);
	if(!empty($result))
	{
	    //Arrays are different
	    //print_r($result); will return the difference as key => value pairs.
		return FALSE;
	}
	else
	{
		//Arrays are same. 
		//print_r($result); returns empty array.
		return TRUE;
	}
}

//Usage:
$first = array(
	'name' => 'Zoran',
	'smart' => 'not really'
);

$second = array(
	'smart' => 'not really',
	'name' => 'Zoran'
);

if(compareAssociativeArrays($first, $second))
{
	echo 'Arrays are same';
}
else
{
	echo 'Arrays are different';
}

Compare two associative arrays

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