Php: best way to assign 10 times the same character (space) to a variable

Question

We have

$symb="_";

$num=10;

We want it to $ten_symbsbe exactly. "__________"; // ten symbols "_". What is the fastest and / or best way to assign ten "_" to $ten_symbs?

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Haradzieniec Apr 19 '12 at 11:34

4 answers

You can use str_repeat like:

$ten_symbs = str_repeat($symb, $num);

You can also do:

$ten_symbs = str_pad('',$num,$symb);

But the fist parameter is cleaner.

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codaddict Apr 19 '12 at 11:36

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Broncko Apr 19 '12 at 11:36

$ten_symbs = '';
for($i=0;$i<$num;$i++) {
   $ten_symbs .= $symb;
}

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lafor Apr 19 '12 at 11:36

Dan lee · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-19T11:35:46+0000

$symbol = '_';
$num    = 10;
echo str_repeat($symbol, $num);