似乎没有人提到这是a)困难和b)不明智的根本原因:

A "variable" is just a symbol pointing at something else. In PHP, it internally points to something called a "zval", which can actually be used for multiple variables simultaneously, either because they have the same value (PHP implements something called "copy-on-write" so that $foo = $bar doesn't need to allocate extra memory straight away) or because they have been assigned (or passed to a function) by reference (e.g. $foo =& $bar). So a zval has no name. When you pass a parameter to a function you are creating a new variable (even if it's a reference). You could pass something anonymous, like "hello", but once inside your function, it's whatever variable you name it as. This is fairly fundamental to code separation: if a function relied on what a variable used to be called, it would be more like a goto than a properly separate function. Global variables are generally considered a bad idea. A lot of the examples here assume that the variable you want to "reflect" can be found in $GLOBALS, but this will only be true if you've structured your code badly and variables aren't scoped to some function or object. Variable names are there to help programmers read their code. Renaming variables to better suit their purpose is a very common refactoring practice, and the whole point is that it doesn't make any difference.

现在，我理解这种调试的愿望(尽管一些建议的用法远远超出了这一点)，但作为一种通用的解决方案，它实际上并没有你想象的那么有用:如果你的调试函数说你的变量是“$file”，那仍然可能是你代码中数十个“$file”变量中的任何一个，或者一个你称为“$filename”的变量，但传递给一个参数为“$file”的函数。

更有用的信息是在代码中调用调试函数的位置。因为你可以在你的编辑器中快速找到它，你可以看到你为自己输出的变量，甚至可以一次性将整个表达式传递给它(例如debug('$foo + $bar = ')。($foo + $bar))。

为此，你可以在调试函数的顶部使用这段代码:

$backtrace = debug_backtrace();
echo '# Debug function called from ' . $backtrace[0]['file'] . ' at line ' . $backtrace[0]['line'];

为什么不构建一个简单的函数，然后告诉它呢?

/**
 * Prints out $obj for debug
 *
 * @param any_type $obj
 * @param (string) $title
 */
function print_all( $obj, $title = false )
{
    print "\n<div style=\"font-family:Arial;\">\n";
    if( $title ) print "<div style=\"background-color:red; color:white; font-size:16px; font-weight:bold; margin:0; padding:10px; text-align:center;\">$title</div>\n";
    print "<pre style=\"background-color:yellow; border:2px solid red; color:black; margin:0; padding:10px;\">\n\n";
    var_export( $obj );
    print "\n\n</pre>\n</div>\n";
}

print_all( $aUser, '$aUser' );

其他用途:

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function varsToArrayAssoc(...$arguments){
  
    $bt   = debug_backtrace();
    $file = file($bt[0]['file']);
    $src  = $file[$bt[0]['line']-1];
    $pat = '#(.*)'.__FUNCTION__.' *?\( *?(.*) *?\)(.*)#i';
    $vars  =explode(',',substr_replace(trim(preg_replace($pat, '$2', $src)) ,"", -1));
    $result=[];
    foreach(func_get_args() as $key=>$v){
        $index=trim(explode('$',$vars[$key])[1]);
        $result[$index]=$v;
    }
    return $result;
}

$a=12;
$b=13;
$c=123;
$d='aa';

var_dump(varsToArrayAssoc($a,$b,$c,$d));

许多回复质疑这样做的用处。然而，获取变量的引用是非常有用的。特别是在有对象和$this的情况下。我的解决方案适用于对象，以及属性定义的对象:

function getReference(&$var)
{
    if(is_object($var))
        $var->___uniqid = uniqid();
    else
        $var = serialize($var);
    $name = getReference_traverse($var,$GLOBALS);
    if(is_object($var))
        unset($var->___uniqid);
    else
        $var = unserialize($var);
    return "\${$name}";    
}

function getReference_traverse(&$var,$arr)
{
    if($name = array_search($var,$arr,true))
        return "{$name}";
    foreach($arr as $key=>$value)
        if(is_object($value))
            if($name = getReference_traverse($var,get_object_vars($value)))
                return "{$key}->{$name}";
}

上面的例子:

class A
{
    public function whatIs()
    {
        echo getReference($this);
    }
}

$B = 12;
$C = 12;
$D = new A;

echo getReference($B)."<br/>"; //$B
echo getReference($C)."<br/>"; //$C
$D->whatIs(); //$D

我就是这么做的

function getVar(&$var) {
    $tmp = $var; // store the variable value
    $var = '_$_%&33xc$%^*7_r4'; // give the variable a new unique value
    $name = array_search($var, $GLOBALS); // search $GLOBALS for that unique value and return the key(variable)
    $var = $tmp; // restore the variable old value
    return $name;
}

使用

$city  = "San Francisco";
echo getVar($city); // city

注意:一些PHP 7版本将不能正常工作，因为array_search与$GLOBALS的错误，但所有其他版本都可以正常工作。

请看这个https://3v4l.org/UMW7V

从php.net

@Alexandre -简短的解决方案

<?php
function vname(&$var, $scope=0)
{
    $old = $var;
    if (($key = array_search($var = 'unique'.rand().'value', !$scope ? $GLOBALS : $scope)) && $var = $old) return $key;  
}
?>

@Lucas - usage

<?php
//1.  Use of a variable contained in the global scope (default):
  $my_global_variable = "My global string.";
  echo vname($my_global_variable); // Outputs:  my_global_variable

//2.  Use of a local variable:
  function my_local_func()
  {
    $my_local_variable = "My local string.";
    return vname($my_local_variable, get_defined_vars());
  }
  echo my_local_func(); // Outputs: my_local_variable

//3.  Use of an object property:
  class myclass
  {
    public function __constructor()
    {
      $this->my_object_property = "My object property  string.";
    }
  }
  $obj = new myclass;
  echo vname($obj->my_object_property, $obj); // Outputs: my_object_property
?>