Divide single value into an array

Question

Is it possible to divide a number into an array based on its value?

For example:

$val = 3;

// do something here to convert the number 3 into 1's

Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => 1
    [2] => 1
) 

Answer 1

$array = array_fill(0, $val, 1);