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PHP String Builder using array()

<?php
class TStringBuilder {
    /**
     * Number of items added to Collection
     * @var int
     */
    private $count = null;
    /**
     * String Array
     * @var array
     */
    private $str = null;
    /**
     * Initializes a new instance
     */
    public function __construct() {
        $this->count = 0;
        $this->str = array();
    }
    /**
     * Adds new string
     * @param string $str
     */
    public function add($str) {
        ++$this->count;
        $this->str[] = $str;
        return $this;
    }
    /**
     * Clears the string
     */
    public function clear() {
        $this->count = 0;
        $this->str = array();
    }
    /**
     * Gets internal array
     */
    public function get() {
        return $this->str;
    }
    /**
     * Dumps string
     * @param string $seperator
     * @return string
     */
    public function dump($seperator = "") {
        $retVal = "";

        foreach ($this->str as $k) {
            $retVal .= $k . $seperator;
        }

        return substr($retVal, 0, strlen($retVal) - strlen($seperator));
    }
    /**
     * Dumps string continiously
     */
    public function dumpc() {
        foreach ($this->str as $k) {
            echo $k;
        }
    }
    /**
     * Get number of enteries added
     * @return int
     */
    public function count() {
        return $this->count;
    }
    /**
     * Get string length
     * @return int
     */
    public function length() {
        $retVal = 0;

        foreach ($this->str as $k) {
            $retVal += strlen($k);
        }

        return retVal;
    }
}