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<h1 class="refname">str_repeat</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">str_repeat</span> — <span class="dc-title">Repeat a string</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>str_repeat</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$input</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$multiplier</code></span>
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Returns <em><code class="parameter">input</code></em> repeated
<em><code class="parameter">multiplier</code></em> times.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.str-repeat-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">input</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The string to be repeated.
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</dd>
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">multiplier</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Number of time the <em><code class="parameter">input</code></em> string should be
repeated.
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<p class="para">
<em><code class="parameter">multiplier</code></em> has to be greater than or equal to 0.
If the <em><code class="parameter">multiplier</code></em> is set to 0, the function
will return an empty string.
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</dd>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.str-repeat-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns the repeated string.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>str_repeat()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">str_repeat</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"-="</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">10</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"><a href="control-structures.for.html" class="link">for</a></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.str-pad.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">str_pad()</a> - Pad a string to a certain length with another string</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.substr-count.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">substr_count()</a> - Count the number of substring occurrences</span></li>
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