<?php
    /**
     * calculates intersection of two arrays like array_intersect_key but recursive
     *
     * @param  array/mixed  master array
     * @param  array        array that has the keys which should be kept in the master array
     * @return array/mixed  cleand master array
     */
    function myIntersect($master, $mask) {
        if (!is_array($master)) { return $master; }
        foreach ($master as $k=>$v) {
            if (!isset($mask[$k])) { unset ($master[$k]); continue; } // remove value from $master if the key is not present in $mask
            if (is_array($mask[$k])) { $master[$k] = $this->myIntersect($master[$k], $mask[$k]); } // recurse when mask is an array
            // else simply keep value
        }
        return $master;
    }
?>