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runkit7_zval_inspect

runkit7_zval_inspect

Returns information about the passed in value with data types, reference counts, etc

array **runkit7_zval_inspect** string $value

valueThe value to return the representation of

The array returned by this function contains the following elements:

address``refcount``is_ref``type

Voorbeeld: example

<?php

$var = new DateTime();
var_dump(runkit7_zval_inspect($var));

$var = 1;
var_dump(runkit7_zval_inspect($var));
?>
array(4) {
  ["address"]=>
  string(14) "0x7f45ab21b1e0"
  ["refcount"]=>
  int(2)
  ["is_ref"]=>
  bool(false)
  ["type"]=>
  int(8)
}

array(2) {
  ["address"]=>
  string(14) "0x7f45ab21b1e0"
  ["type"]=>
  int(4)
}

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