Bug #17561 Updated: str_repeat with 0 multiplier

ID: 17561 Updated by: derick@php.net Reported By: lee@piclab.com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem PHP Version: 4.2.1 New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. You can grab a snapshot of the CVS version at http://snaps.php.net/. In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at http://www.php.net/manual/. In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-02 11:52:11] lee@piclab.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 05:14:43] 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 03:06:23] lee@piclab.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? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=17561&edit=1