Finding the limit <<-- Loop Problem

[paulman888888]

Hi,

I've been stuck for awhile now;

 

Want to see what the lowest group a variable can fit under.

 

$my_var=8;// example

my array (Using print_r)

Array ( [0] => 7 [1] => 9 [2] => 11 ) 

 

First part of the array is just an id the second one is the one am after.

 

I want to loop though and find the lowest number by variable can fit under so in this case my_var is 8 so the lowest number it can go under is 9. And i would like to be able to store the answer in a variable.

 

Thankyou for your time

Paul

P.S Sorry if this is a newbie question. I've got back from a holiday (Spain) and i've seem to forgot alot of things

[taquitosensei]

try this

$my_var=8;

$array=array(7,9,11,6);
// make sure it's in numerical order
sort($array);

foreach($array as $test_var)
{
echo $my_var." | ".$test_var."\r\n";
if($my_var < $test_var) { $result=$test_var; break; }
}
echo $result;