remove duplicates from array (array unic by key)

Question

Array
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    [0] => Array
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Answer 1

 'alpha',
    'some' => 'value',
  ),
  array(
    'md5' => 'alpha',
    'some' => 'other value',
  ),
  array(
    'md5' => 'bravo',
    'some' => 'third value',
  ),
);
// walk input array
$_data = array();
foreach ($data as $v) {
  if (isset($_data[$v['md5']])) {
    // found duplicate
    continue;
  }
  // remember unique item
  $_data[$v['md5']] = $v;
}
// if you need a zero-based array, otheriwse work with $_data
$data = array_values($_data);