PHP str_repeat()

The str_repeat() function returns a string that repeats a substring a specified number of times.

Syntax

str_repeat($string, $repeat)

The str_repeat() function has two required parameters:

• $string: Specifies the string to repeat.
• $repeat: Specifies the number of times $string will be repeated. It must be greater or equal to 0.

The str_repeat() function returns a string containing the given $string repeated $repeat times. If $repeat is 0, it returns an empty string.

Example

The following example uses the str_repeat() function to repeat the "bon" 2 times. Then the echo command prints this string to the console:

<?php
  echo str_repeat("bon", 2);
?>

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The example will result in the following output:

bonbon

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Codebyte Example

This example is runnable and uses the str_repeat() function:

Note: The third echo statement will not output to the console due to the second argument of str_repeat being set to 0.

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