Reputation: 11448

make string of N characters

Say I have a number=20 and a $value=7.

If I want to make a string of 20 7's using PHP. what's the quickest way to make this?

So output like:

$a='77777777777777777777';

Any functions to make this easier?

Upvotes: 30

Answers (5)

Reputation: 180927

str_repeat is pretty easy

$a = str_repeat('7', 20);

Upvotes: 6

Reputation: 27233

You can use str_repeat(), e.g.

$a=str_repeat('7', 20);

Upvotes: 12

Reputation: 88667

$a = str_repeat('7', 20);

...or maybe:

$a = str_pad('', 20, '7');

Upvotes: 4

Reputation: 40814

$a = str_repeat('7', 20);

Upvotes: 7

Reputation: 65284

$a=str_repeat($value,$number);

Upvotes: 54