Online PHP editor | refs for NhCiP

<?php $name = 'aresa'; $value = 'someValue'; $user_id = 'someID'; echo '1-->'; var_dump("\n[start]" . time() . "|$name|$value|$user_id" . '[end]'); // this derefers $user_id somehow (end it probably evaled to false (which is 0) so $user_id[0] echo '2-->'; var_dump(PHP_EOL . '[start]' . time() . '|' . $name . '|' . $value . '|' . $user_id . '[end]'); class Foo { public function bar($name = '', $value = '', $user_id = '') { $inputString = "\n[start]" . time() . "|$name|$value|$user_id" . '[end]'; echo '3-->'; var_dump($inputString); } } $x = new Foo; $x->bar($name, $value, $user_id);