[RESOLVED] Limit number of files to show

[zzz]

Currently I have a script that looks through directory for particular file type and displays info via loop, like this:

$source_folder = '../mydirectory';
$FILES = glob("$source_folder/*.png");

foreach($FILES as $key => $file) {
	$FILE_LIST[$key]['name']     	= basename(substr( $file, ( strrpos( $file, "\\" ) +1 ) ), ".png");
	$FILE_LIST[$key]['date'] 		= date("M j, Y", filemtime( $file ) );
	$FILE_LIST[$key]['datestamp'] 	= date("Ymd", filemtime( $file ) );
}

foreach ($FILE_LIST as $value) {
	// display file info here
}

Currently this script will show all files in directory that match criteria. If I have a limit of how many to display ($fileLimit = 3😉 how would I apply this to the previous code?

[laserlight]

One way is to use a loop counter and break from the first foreach loop when the limit is reached.

[zzz]

I already use a loop. Can it be modified?

[laserlight]

Yes, and I meant that a loop counter is precisely how you might modify the loop with the use of the break keyword.

[bradgrafelman]

You could also switch to a [man]for/man loop instead, in case you want to do some sort of pagination in the future.

for($i=0; isset($FILES[$i]) && $i < $fileLimit; $i++) {
    // reference $FILES[$i] for current file inside loop
}