- debug_zval_dump: documentation ( source)
<?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);