str_repeat

(PHP 4 , PHP 5)

str_repeat -- Repeat a string

Description

string str_repeat ( string input, int multiplier )

Returns input_str repeated multiplier times. multiplier has to be greater than or equal to 0. If the multiplier is set to 0, the function will return an empty string.

Example 1. str_repeat() example

<?php
echo str_repeat("-=", 10);
?>

The above example will output:

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

See also for, str_pad(), and substr_count().