Populate a new array with the same element repeated N times

Question

Basically I need to create this array (given x = 3)

array('?','?','?');

I could do

for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++)
    $arr[] = '?';

But it's not so elegant. Is there any other way?

Answer 1

Use array_fill( start_index, num, value ):

$arr = array_fill(0, 3, '?');