Cache is not cleared
The conents of the template files are not cached. So your concern is misplaced.

I am assuming that it is views. Edit the view goto Advanced-&gt;Others-&gt;Theme Information you can find out which template file is being used. Goto to the file and make the necessary changes or else copy the default file from the views module to the location.

Even if the above is not solving your problem, the var_dump is coming from the database and not code.