Online PHP editor | refs for BGCgH

<?php /* var_dump returning a string, in case we need it, for example to log it to a file, example: error_log("Something something: ", var_dump_str($someArray)); */ function var_dump_str(...$v){ ob_start(); var_dump(...$v); return ob_get_clean(); } ////////// //tests $exampleVar = 'referenced var'; $exampleArray = [ 'x' => 'blah', 'referenced' => &$exampleVar, ]; echo "result: " . var_dump_str($exampleArray);