php-doc-en/reference/strings/functions/str-repeat.xml

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  <refentry id="function.str-repeat">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>str_repeat</refname>
    <refpurpose>Repeat a string</refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>string</type><methodname>str_repeat</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>input</parameter></methodparam>
      <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>multiplier</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Returns <parameter>input_str</parameter> repeated
     <parameter>multiplier</parameter> times.
     <parameter>multiplier</parameter> has to be greater than or equal to 0.
     If the <parameter>multiplier</parameter> is set to 0, the function will
     return an empty string.
    </para>
    <example>
     <title><function>str_repeat</function> example</title>
     <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
echo str_repeat("-=", 10);
]]>
     </programlisting>
    </example>
    <para>
     This will output "-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=".
    </para>
    <para>
     See also <link linkend="control-structures.for">for</link>,
     <function>str_pad</function>, and 
     <function>substr_count</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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