diff --git a/inc/common.php b/inc/common.php
index 21dea4d5fc40b166aa052d762f0156be105f74c0..2c200cf5a948aa52713bbe6d452ccaa8bae65d25 100644
--- a/inc/common.php
+++ b/inc/common.php
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ function hsc($string){
  * @author Andreas Gohr <andi@splitbrain.org>
  */
 function ptln($string,$intend=0){
-  for($i=0; $i<$intend; $i++) print ' ';
-  echo "$string\n";
+  echo str_repeat(' ', $intend)."$string\n";
 }
 
 /**