Need Help with Loop Statement

[Mbrody]

I am new to PHP. I am trying to do a quick edit to a page that was left behind by a developer that has gone MIA.

Here is my question...

I have a for statement that performs a loop:

for($counter = 1; $counter < 10; $counter++) {
print "Some text here";
}

I would like to know how to display a block of text if the loop parameters are not true, i.e. if $counter = 0. I would like to display:

Alternate text here!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[NogDog]

It's not clear to me what you want to do. In the provided example, $counter will never equal 0, because you initialize it to 1, and then add one to it (via the ++ operator) on each loop iteration.

[Mbrody]

Thank you for the prompt reply.

I appologize if I was not clear.

Let me see if I can clarify.

Basically, I would like the php code to check a parameter, if certain parameters are met, then a "looped" block of text would display. If the parameters are NOT met, then an alternate block of text would be met.

So:

If $counter was set to 1 -> a block of looped text would display.
If $counter was set to 0 -> an alternate block of text would display.

Does this make sense?

Basically I know how to acomplish this basic principle with an "if" "else" statement. However, I need a loop statement because I am trying to display results. If the variable ($counter) is set to 0, I do not want results displayed but rather some alternate text messages.

Thanks!

[NogDog]

if($parameter != 0)
{
   for($counter=1; $counter < 10; $counter++)
   {
      // echo something here
   }
}
else
{
   // echo alternate something here
}

[Mbrody]

Thanks for your help!

That is what I needed.