understanding this loop statement...

[Dutch_MaFia-boy]

as well as any other examples you can give me...ok, here it is:

<?php
$users = array("mary","mark","tony","melissa"); foreach ($users as $val)
      {
      print "$val<br>";
      }
?>

I've tested this script in a browser, it works - it prints out all the names....but I would like to do is insert statements in between lines of code so I can always have an idea of whats happening within different stages of code......

so what makes the loop select ALL the names?? what code would make the loop select a range of names or only one if I
wanted to??

Thanks

[jpmoriarty]

it's the "foreach" that's doing it.

Basically it says "here's an array ($users). I want you to look at each element in that array, and whatever value is stored in that element I will call $val."

what happens inbetween the { and } is what it does once it's looked at each element. so in this case it just echo's it out.

I'm not sure what you mean by your last bit, but I think you're just asking about arrays in general. in which case, there are various options open to you. for example:

<? echo $users[0]; ?>

will give you the first item in the array (note the index (the bit in the []) starts from zero.

alternatively, you could do something like:

<?
for($a=0;$a<4:$a++)
{
    echo $users[$a];
}
?>

which would echo out $users[0], $users[1]... $users[3].

does that help at all?