A VBScript equivalent of PHP’s array_merge_recursive

Function array_merge_recursive(mAry1,mAry2)

    Dim j
    Dim retAry : set retAry = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")

    If isObject( mAry1 ) Then
        For Each j In mAry1
            if Not retAry.Exists(j) then retAry.Add j, mAry1(j)
        Next

    ElseIf isArray( mAry1 ) Then
        For j = 0 to uBound( mAry1 )
            retAry.Add j, mAry1(j)
        Next

    End If

    If isObject( mAry2 ) Then
        For Each j In mAry2
            If isObject( mAry2(j) ) Then

                set retAry(j) = array_merge_recursive(retAry(j),mAry2(j))

            Elseif retAry.Exists(j) then
                retAry.Item(j) = array(retAry.Item(j) , mAry2(j))
            Else
                retAry.Add j, mAry2(j)
            End If
        Next

    ElseIf isArray( mAry2 ) Then
        For j = 0 to uBound( mAry2 )
            if retAry.Exists(j) then
                retAry.Item(j) = array(retAry.Item(j) , mAry2(j))
            Else
                retAry.Add j, mAry2(j)
            End If
        Next
    End If

    set array_merge_recursive = retAry

End Function

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