Looping statements in PHP are used to carry out the same block of code a specified number of times.
Very often when you write code, you want the same block of code to run a number of times. You can use looping statements in your code to perform this.
In PHP There are four looping statements:
(1) do…while – loops through a block of code once, and then repeats the loop as long as a special condition is true
(2) for – loops through a block of code a specified number of times
(3) while – loops through a block of code if and as long as a specified condition is true
(4) for each – loops through a block of code for each element in an array
(1) The do…while Statement
The do…while statement will execute a block of code at least once – it then will repeat the loop as long as a condition is true.
Syntax
do
{
Code to be execute;
}
while (condition);
Example
The following example will increment the value of i at least once, and it will continue incrementing the variable i as long as it has a value of less than 5:
<html>
<body>
<?php
$j=0;
do
{
$j++;
echo “The figure is ” . $j . “<br />”;
}
while ($j<5);
?>
</body></html>
(2)The for Statement
The for statement is used when you know how many times you want to execute a statement or a list of statements.
Syntax
for (initialization; condition; increment)
{
code to be executed;
}
Message: The for statement has three parameters. The first parameter initializes variables, the second parameter holds the condition, and the third parameter contains the increments required to implement the loop. If more than one variable is included in the initialization or the increment parameter, they should be separated by commas. The condition must evaluate to true or false.
Example
The following example prints the text “Welcome” five times:
<html>
<body>
<?php
for ($j=1; $j<=5; $j++)
{
echo “Welcome<br />”;
}
?>
</body>
</html>
(3)The while Statement
The while statement will execute a block of code if and as long as a condition is true.
Syntax
while (condition)
Code to be executed;
Example
The following example demonstrates a loop that will continue to run as long as the variable i is less than, or equal to 5. i will increase by 1 each time the loop runs:
<html>
<body>
<?php
$j=1;
while($J<=5)
{
echo “The figure is ” . $j . “<br />”;
$j++;
}
?>
</body>
</html>
(4)The for each Statement
The for each statement is used to loop through arrays.
For every loop, the value of the current array element is assigned to $value (and the array pointer is moved by one) – so on the next loop, you’ll be looking at the next element.
Syntax
For each (array as value)
{
Code to be executed;
}
Example
The following example demonstrates a loop that will print the values of the given array:
<html>
<body>
<?php
$arr=array(“one”, “two”, “three”);
foreach ($arr as $value)
{
echo “Value: ” . $value . “<br />”;
}
?>
</body>
</html>
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