Php Loop For Foreach While Do While Example

PHP For Loop

The above code outputs “21 is greater than 7” For loops For… loops execute the block of code a specifiednumber of times. There are basically two types of for loops;

	for

	for… each.

Let’s now look at them separately. For loop It has the following basic syntax HERE,

“for…{…}” is the loop block

	“initialize” usually an integer; it is used to set the counter’s initial value.

“condition” the condition that is evaluated for each php execution. If it evaluates to true, then execution of the for… loop continues. If it evaluates to false, the execution of the for… loop is terminated.

“increment” is used to increment the initial value of counter integer.

How it works The flowchart shown below illustrates how for loop in php works

How to code The code below uses the “for… loop” to print values of multiplying 10 by 0 through to 10 Output:

PHP For Each loop

The php foreach loop is used to iterate through array values. It has the following basic syntax HERE,

“foreach(…){…}” is the foreach php loop block code

“$array_data” is the array variable to be looped through

“$array_value “ is the temporary variable that holds the current array item values.

	“block of code…” is the piece of code that operates on the array values

How it works The flowchart shown below illustrates how the for… each… loop works

Practical examples The code below uses for… each loop to read and print the elements of an array. Output: Let’s look at another example that loops through an associative array. An associative array uses alphanumeric words for access keys. The names have been used as array keys and gender as the values. Output:

While Loop

PHP While loop

They are used to execute a block of code a repeatedly until the set condition gets satisfied When to use while loops

	While loops are used to execute a block of code until a certain condition becomes true.

	You can use a while loop to read records returned from a database query.

Types of while loops

Do… while – executes the block of code at least once before evaluating the condition

While… – checks the condition first. If it evaluates to true, the block of code is executed as long as the condition is true. If it evaluates to false, the execution of the while loop is terminated.

While loop It has the following syntax HERE,

“while(…){…}” is the while loop block code

“condition” is the condition to be evaluated by the while loop

“block of code…” is the code to be executed if the condition gets satisfied

How it works The flow chart shown below illustrates how the while… loop works

Practical example The code below uses the while… loop to print numbers 1 to 5. Output:

PHP Do While

The difference between While… loop and Do… while loop is do… while is executed at-least once before the condition is evaluated. Let’s now look at the basic syntax of a do… while loop while(condition); HERE,

“do{…} while(…)” is the do… while loop block code

“condition” is the condition to be evaluated by the while loop

“block of code…” is the code that is executed at least once by the do… while loop

How it works The flow chart shown below illustrates how the while… loop works

Practical example We are now going to modify the while… loop example and implement it using the do… while loop and set the counter initial value to 9. The code below implements the above modified example The above code outputs: Note the above example outputs 9 only. This is because the do… while loop is executed at least once even if the set condition evaluates to false.

Summary

	The for… loop is used to execute a block of a specified number of times

	The foreach… loop is used to loop through arrays

	While… loop is used to execute a block of code as long as the set condition is made to be false

	The do… while loop is used to execute the block of code at least once then the rest of the execution is dependent on the evaluation of the set condition

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