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PHP Loops

by Crayon Violent on Jun 19, 2008 2:46:30 PM

That's All Folks!

Well, that's about all there is to know about loops. The basic syntax of loops is pretty easy to figure out; it's finding the patterns to loop that's the tough part. I hope that this has helped some of you out there who are just getting started and want to know what's the point of loops and why are there different kinds. Perhaps in a future tutorial I will attempt to tackle tips and tricks to finding patterns for loop instructions.

Until then, happy coding!

Crayon Violent

Comments

Again, very nice CV. Only thing i would mention is that it's not strictly true that a for loop requires all 3 parameters. This is a perfectly valid for loop:

As is this:

Of course, they serve no real useful purprose (use a while loop, it's easier to follow) but i had to find something wrong with it :P

1. Ben Smithers on Jun 20, 2008 5:07:40 AM

Ah you are right, but in order for the loops to function properly, they still need to have all the components somewhere. Your first example, while syntactically correct, would in and of itself be an infinite loop. Using your first example, you would have to put the condition and iteration inside the instruction. Example:

I'm glad you pointed that out though : )

2. Crayon Violent on Jun 20, 2008 10:19:46 AM

A concise explanation of loops. Very good.

3. kahratka on Jun 20, 2008 10:32:40 AM
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