--- basic_functions.orig.c	Tue Apr 25 12:28:28 2000
+++ basic_functions.c	Tue Apr 25 12:28:28 2000
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@
 	PHP_FE(number_format,							NULL)
 	PHP_FE(ip2long,									NULL)
 	PHP_FE(long2ip,									NULL)
+	PHP_FE(times,									NULL)
 
 	PHP_FE(getenv,									NULL)
 #ifdef HAVE_PUTENV
@@ -766,6 +767,40 @@
 	RETURN_STRING (inet_ntoa(myaddr), 1);
 }
 /* }}} */
+
+
+PHP_FUNCTION(times)
+{
+	zval** expr , **num;
+	char* retstr;
+	long i = 0;
+	long bytes;
+
+	if ( ARG_COUNT(ht) != 2 || zend_get_parameters_ex ( 2 ,
+		&expr , &num ) == FAILURE )
+	{
+		WRONG_PARAM_COUNT;
+	}
+	
+	convert_to_string_ex ( expr );
+	convert_to_long_ex   ( num  );
+
+	if ( (*expr) -> value.str.len < 1 || (*num)->value.lval < 1 )
+	{	
+		RETURN_FALSE;
+	}
+	
+	bytes = (*expr) -> value.str.len * (*num) -> value.lval + 1;
+	retstr = emalloc ( bytes );
+
+	while ( i++ < (*num)->value.lval )
+	{
+		strcat ( retstr , (*expr) -> value.str.val );
+	}
+
+	RETVAL_STRINGL(retstr,bytes,1);
+	efree (retstr);
+}
 
 
 /********************