Running a line only once in a for loop

[witt]

Let's say I have this code

[code]for ($i = 0; $i < $counter; $i++) {
echo "hi";
echo "done";
}[/code]

and I want to run the line echo "done"; only once. Is it possible withough moving it out of the for loop?

[samshel]

[code]
$flag=0;
for ($i = 0; $i < $counter; $i++) {
echo "hi";
  if($flag == 0) {
    $flag=1;
    echo "done";
  }
}
[/code]


But..perhaps..if you want to display it only once, why do you need to keep it in for loop.....

[glenelkins]

Good Question witt!! lol

[kenrbnsn]

In the example given by the OP it doesn't make sense to have the second statement in the loop, but in real code, it might. Let's say the for loop is looping through a large array of information and you need to execute a unique piece of code once if some condition is met by the value in one element of the array, then the question makes sense and the for loop would be coded something like this:
[code]<?php
$flag = false;
for ($i=0;$i<count($the_array);$i++) {
//
//  do some work
//
      if ($the_array[$i] == 'some condition' && !$flag) {
           echo 'The condition has been met'; // do the one line -- it doesn't have to be an echo
           $flag = true;
      }
//
//   do some more work
//
}?>[/code]
Ken