- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$a = 'foo';
$b = 'bar';
$array = [&$a, $b];
var_dump($array);
//$newArray = array_map(function($item){ return $item; }, $array);
foreach ($array as &$item)
{
$newArray[] = $item;
}
var_dump($newArray);