[SOLVED] Like foreach, but I only want it happening a few times.

[jlange]

Maybe its something really simple, but I'd like to get a foreach going for items in an array, but I only want it happening a set number of times. I'm not really that much of an expert on loops (obviously), but I understand PHP, so go easy on me but not too easy!

[infid3l]

You could do something like:

 

<?php

$count = 0;
foreach ($value as &$val) {
    //code
    if ($count >= 5) {
        break;
    } else {
        $count++;
    }
}

?>

 

But if you don't need to use foreach:

 

<?php
for($i=0;$i<5;$i++){
    print $array[$i]."<br>";
}
?>

[dbillings]

Or....

<?php

// This will loop through the code however many times var duration is set.

$duration = 10;

for($i=0, $i < $duration, $i++){

// Code to execute.

}

?>

[drewbee]

OR ....

 

<?
// Where in the array to you want to start
$counter = 0;
while ($counter < count($array))
{
    echo $array[$counter];
    $counter++;
}
?>

 

[jlange]

the foreach is the best option still..i'm using simplepie (rss parser) and it does some weird OOP things (i think) which are way over my head. thanks for the reply, though, gives me exactly the answer I need.