Fill array with values without loop in PHP

Question

Is there any method (that doesn't use loop or recursion) to create and fill an array with values?

To be precise, I want to have an effect of

$t = array();
for($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++){
    $t[] = "val";
}

But simpler.

Answer 1

use array_fill():

$t = array_fill(0, $n, 'val');