Get the reference count of an object in PHP?

Question

I realize the knee-jerk response to this question is that \"you dont.\", but hear me out.

Basically I am running on an active-record system on a SQL, and in order to

Answer 1

Yes, you can definitely get the refcount from PHP. Unfortunately, the refcount isn't easily gotten for it doesn't have an accessor built into PHP. That's ok, because we have PREG!

Source: PHP.net