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Subject: Re: break foreach loop after certain iteration and then start it
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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn schrieb am 2016-03-05 um 11:46:

> Arno Welzel wrote:
> 
>> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn schrieb am 2016-03-05 um 02:28:
>>> Arno Welzel wrote:
>>>> <?php
>>>> $counter = 0;
>>>>
>>>> foreach($mylist as $element)
>>>         ^^
>>>> {
>>>>     […]
>>>>     if($counter==3)
>>>        ^^
>>> Flow control statements should not be written like function calls.
>>
>> Which is a matter of style.
> 
> Yes, therefore *I* said “should”.
> 
>> I recognize flow control statements also when they are not formatted with
>> a space preceding the first bracket ;-).
>>
>> But for beginners it may be helpful to distinguish between function
>> calls and flow control.
> 
> *PHP Standards Recommendations (PSR)-2* says it is a “MUST” and a “MUST NOT” 
> respectively, instead: <http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-2/#1-overview>

When you want to follow those recommendations - yes. Nevertheless it is
still valid code even when not following PSR.

>> [...]
>>> Or, if this is too confusing,
>>>
>>>     if (($index + 1) % 3 === 0)
>>
>> […]
>> When someone had enough knowledge to understand all this he would not
>> ask here how to do something every third iteration within a foreach()
>> loop.
> 
> This is still not a PHP support forum, but a newsgroup for discussion about 
> PHP.

Feel free not to answer or comment such questions at all.


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