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Doc Bug #17561 str_repeat with 0 multiplier
Submitted: 2002-06-02 03:06 UTC Modified: 2002-06-02 12:58 UTC
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Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: lee at piclab dot com Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: 4.2.1 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-06-02 03:06 UTC] lee at piclab dot com 
str_repeat() has the arbitary restriction that the multiplier argument has to be greater than zero.  This is pointless and annoying.  It's obvious that the right thing to do is to return an empty string for a multiplier of zero, and this can be done with one line of code along the lines of

  if ( 0 == mult ) return "";

Why not remove this restriction?

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 [2002-06-02 05:14 UTC] derick@php.net 
There is no such restriction:

[derick@kossu derick]$ php
<?php
$a = 'test';
$b = 0;
echo "[".str_repeat ($a, $b)."]\n";
?>
[]

And the source as only this message:
"Second argument to %s() has to be greater than or equal to 0"

Derick
 [2002-06-02 11:52 UTC] lee at piclab dot com 
In that case, it's no longer a feature request--it's a document bug.  The document is very clear in stating that the argument must be greater than zero.
 [2002-06-02 12:58 UTC] derick@php.net 
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