- var_dump: documentation ( source)
<?php
$a=array('title'=>'a','arr'=>[]);
$b=array('title'=>'b','arr'=>[]);
$b=array('title'=>'c','arr'=>[]);
$arr=Array();
$map=Array();
$arr[1]=&$a;
$map[0]=&$a;
$map[1]=&$b;
$map[2]=&$c;
$map[0]['arr'][22]=$b;
//$map[1]['arr'][33]=$c;
?><h2>MAP</h2><?
var_dump($map);
?><h2>ARR</h2><?
var_dump($arr);