Can you skip a specific looping instance in a php loop?

Question

Say, for example, I have these parameters set for a for loop:

$b = 5;  
for ($a = 0; $a < $b; $a++) {  
    echo "Looped.";
}

Would there be a way to specifically target one of the looping instances (for this let's just say the 3rd loop) and skip it?

that should be a semicolon not a comma

user6763587
– user6763587

2016-10-27 01:41:27 +00:00
Commented Oct 27, 2016 at 1:41 — user6763587
– user6763587, Commented Oct 27, 2016 at 1:41
@nogad haha wow, I can't believe I just did that.

Lefty.dev
– Lefty.dev

2016-10-27 01:51:05 +00:00
Commented Oct 27, 2016 at 1:51 — Lefty.dev
– Lefty.dev, Commented Oct 27, 2016 at 1:51
you and the answers (guess they dont test)

user6763587
– user6763587

2016-10-27 01:52:33 +00:00
Commented Oct 27, 2016 at 1:52 — user6763587
– user6763587, Commented Oct 27, 2016 at 1:52

Tomas Reimers · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-06 06:52:01Z

4

You can use continue. For example:

$b = 5;  
for ($a = 0; $a < $b; $a++) { 
    if ($a === 3) {
        continue;
    } 
    echo "Looped.";
}

edited Dec 6, 2016 at 6:52

answered Oct 27, 2016 at 1:35

Tomas Reimers

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Lefty.dev Over a year ago

Thanks! I was looking for a solution because I knew it was possible in other programming languages but I wasn't having any luck.

Pragun · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-27 01:43:14Z

1

This will do the same as well.

$b = 5;  
for ($a = 0; $a < $b; $a++) { 
    if ($a != 3) {
        echo "Looped.";
    }
}

edited Oct 27, 2016 at 1:43

answered Oct 27, 2016 at 1:38

Pragun

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Lefty.dev Over a year ago

Hey, that also makes a lot of sense. Thanks! It didn't even cross my mind to do that.

Lefty.dev Over a year ago

Definitely the most simple solution.

Pragun · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-27 01:45:17Z

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or you could simply use a while loop

$a = 0; $b = 5;  
while($a < $b && $a !=3 ){ 
    echo "Looped.";
    $a++;
}

answered Oct 27, 2016 at 1:45

Pragun

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Lefty.dev Over a year ago

Never knew there would be so many simple solutions to this. Thanks again!

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