PHP: remove duplicate items in an array
$items_thread = $connection -> fetch_all($sql);

print_r($items_thread);

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [RecipientID] => 3
            [RecipientScreenname] => Tom L
            [RecipientFirstname] => Thomas
            [RecipientEmail] => info@xx.com
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [RecipientID] => 3
            [RecipientScreenname] => Tom L
            [RecipientFirstname] => Thomas
            [RecipientEmail] => info@xx.com
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [RecipientID] => 1
            [RecipientScreenname] => Lau T
            [RecipientFirstname] => TK
            [RecipientEmail] => lau@xx.co.uk
        )

)

print_r(array_unique($items_thread));

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [RecipientID] => 3
            [RecipientScreenname] => Tom L
            [RecipientFirstname] => Thomas
            [RecipientEmail] => info@xx.com
        )

)

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [RecipientID] => 3
            [RecipientScreenname] => Tom L
            [RecipientFirstname] => Thomas
            [RecipientEmail] => info@xx.com
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [RecipientID] => 1
            [RecipientScreenname] => Lau T
            [RecipientFirstname] => TK
            [RecipientEmail] => lau@xx.co.uk
        )

)

$items_thread = array_unique($items_thread, SORT_REGULAR);

$newArray = array();
foreach ($origArray as $user)
{
   $newArray[$user['RecipientID']] = $user;
}

$data = array_map('unserialize', array_unique(array_map('serialize', $data)));

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [RecipientID] => 3
            [RecipientScreenname] => Tom L
            [RecipientFirstname] => Thomas
            [RecipientEmail] => info@xx.com
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [RecipientID] => 1
            [RecipientScreenname] => Lau T
            [RecipientFirstname] => TK
            [RecipientEmail] => lau@xx.co.uk
        )
)