- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- time: documentation ( source)
<?php
$name = 'aresa';
$value = 'someValue';
$user_id = 'someID';
var_dump("\n[start]" . time() . "|$name|$value|$user_id" . '[end]'); // this derefers $user_id somehow (end it probably evaled to false (which is 0) so $user_id[0]
var_dump(PHP_EOL . '[start]' . time() . '|' . $name . '|' . $value . '|' . $user_id . '[end]');