Need Help with Loop Statement

[MBrody]

I am new to PHP. I am trying to do a quick edit to a page that was left behind by a developer that has gone MIA.

Here is my question...

I have a for statement that performs a loop:

for($counter = 1; $counter < 10; $counter++) {
print "Some text here";
}

I would like to know how to display a block of text if the loop parameters are not true, i.e. if $counter = 0. I would like to display:

Alternate text here!



Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Orio]

I am having a hard time understanding you.
The current loop displays "Some text here" 9 times. What do you want to do?

Orio.

[taith]

[code]
<?
if($counter=="0"){
echo '0 in counter';
}else{
while($counter < 10){
  echo "<br>Some text here";
  $counter++;
}
}
?>
[/code]

[wildteen88]

You cant. As you are setting up the count variable in the for loop itself. The only time when you'll get a false result is when the value of the counter variable is not less than 10. When that happens the for loop stops looping.

[wildteen88]

You cant. As you are setting up the counter variable in the for loop itself. The only time when you'll get a false result is when the value of the counter variable is not less than 10. When that happens the for loop stops looping.

[MBrody]

I appologize if I was not clear.

Let me see if I can clarify.

Basically, I would like the php code to check a parameter, if certain parameters are met, then a "looped" block of text would display. If the parameters are NOT met, then an alternate block of text would be met.

So:

If $counter was set to 1 -> a block of looped text would display.
If $counter was set to 0 -> an alternate block of text would display.

Does this make sense?

Basically I know how to accomplish this basic principle with an "if" "else" statement. However, I need a loop statement because I am trying to display results. If the variable ($counter) is set to 0, I do not want results displayed but rather some alternate text messages.

Thanks!

[Orio]

[code]<?php

if($counter == 1)
{
//run the loop- counter is 1
for($counter = 1; $counter < 10; $counter++)
{
print "Some text here";
}
}
elseif($counter == 0)
{
//do stuff if counter is 0
}
else
{
//do stuff if counter is not 0 or 1
}

?>[/code]

Orio.