help with a counter

[Anon]

Hi all,

Here is what I am trying to do:

$count = 0;
while ($count < 5) {
foreach (list as item) {
do stuff

if (condition from do stuff true) {
    $count++;
} //end if

}//end foreach
} //end while

If the condition is true (in if statement) I want it to stop after 5 iterations.
Problem: the count is not "seen" by the while loop and I only want to increment the counter if a condition has been met.
Does anybody have any suggestions on how to code this?

Your help is greatly appreciated

[[deleted]]

Two possible problems:

1. The IF condition is never true.
2. The array used in the foreach is empty, so it never iterates and never goes to the IF.

this kind of construction is very dangerous, you should always have a failsafe, something that will prevent endless loops.

[Anon]

I have checked my array, and it is not empty
(I have some checking early on)

Also the if statement returns some true conditions

I put an echo $count at the beginning of my while, foreach and if statements.

The count gets incremented in the foreach and if statement but the while loop seems to ignore this, I have checked to make sure I have all the closing }'s.

[Anon]

Hi Vincent,

Thanx for your response!
I found my problem, here's what I did:

$count = 0;
foreach ($array as $item) {
if ($count < 5) {
do stuff
if (condition is true){
do other stuff
$count++; //increment the counter

Thanx again,
Colin