PHP Loop

Often when you write code, you want the same block of code to run over and over again a certain number of times. So, instead of adding several almost equal code-lines in a script, we can use loops.

Loops are used to execute the same block of code again and again, as long as a certain condition is true.

In PHP, we have the following loop types:

• while - loops through a block of code as long as the specified condition is true
• do...while - loops through a block of code once, and then repeats the loop as long as the specified condition is true
• for - loops through a block of code a specified number of times
• foreach - loops through a block of code for each element in an array

The for loop is used when you know in advance how many times the script should run.

Syntax

    for ( init counter; test counter; increment counter) {
        code to be executed for each iteration;
      }

Parameters:

• init counter: Initialize the loop counter value
• test counter: Evaluated for each loop iteration. If it evaluates to TRUE, the loop continues. If it evaluates to FALSE, the loop ends.
• increment counter: Increases the loop counter value

Examples

The example below displays the numbers from 0 to 10:

<?php
for ($x = 0; $x <= 10; $x++) {
  echo "The number is: $x <br>";
}
?>

The number is: 0
The number is: 1
The number is: 2
The number is: 3
The number is: 4
The number is: 5
The number is: 6
The number is: 7
The number is: 8
The number is: 9
The number is: 10
    

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