simple : echo "space.$str"

Hi folks
i want to print something like this :
mehdi
1space mehdi
2spaces mehdi
3spaces mehdi
...
attend to spaces at the beginig of string(mehdi).
in formal way they appear like:
mehdi
mehdi
mehdi
mehdi
...
how can i do this ?
thank you

 

thank you all.
this is solution :
<?php
echo '&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Four spaces';

echo '<pre> Four spaces</pre>';
?>

 

or use this

<?php
str_repeat("&nbsp;", 4) . "Four spaces";
?>