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<?php function countRefs($var) { //ob_start(); debug_zval_dump($var); //preg_match('~refcount\((\d+)\)~', ob_get_clean(), $matches); //return $matches[1]; // - 4; } $a = 0; echo countRefs($a); $a = &$a; echo countRefs($a); $a = &$a; echo countRefs($a);

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