PHP If... else/ for

Elmo

I have a simple piece of code that runs through an xml film and echos the required content.

I use an if statement and put a limit to it of 100.

The statement runs thought the top 100 xml items and based on the conditions returns all of the results in that 100 items.

However I want to go thought the whole xml file, but only print the first 5 items within the require condition.

code looks something like this

[PHP]$limit = 100;

for($x=0;$x<$limit;$x++) {
declarations of various items in the xml file e.g.
$name = str_replace(' & ', ' & ', $feed[$x]);


if (condition) {
do something

}else{
do something else
}
}[/PHP]

The else statement will go through the statement 100 times. Should I be even using an if statement for this?

irishbuzz

Elmo wrote: »

I use an if statement and put a limit to it of 100.

Is this a typo? The for statement is limiting it to 100.

If you only want to print the first five you just need a single if statement checking the value of x with no else.

Something like:

[PHP]<?php
$limit = 100;

for ($x = 0; $x < $limit; $x++) {
$name = str_replace(' & ', ' & ', $feed[$x]);
if ($x < 5) {
echo($name);
}
}[/PHP]

Elmo

irishbuzz wrote: »

Is this a typo? The for statement is limiting it to 100.

If you only want to print the first five you just need a single if statement checking the value of x with no else.

Something like:

[PHP]<?php
$limit = 100;

for ($x = 0; $x < $limit; $x++) {
$name = str_replace(' & ', ' & ', $feed[$x]);
if ($x < 5) {
echo($name);
}
}[/PHP]

thanks but when I do that it just looks like I could have set the limit to 5.

I want to be able to read the full xml file (can I set limit to EoF?)
If any name = Elmo then display
but only print the first 5 items with that condition

Creamy Goodness

depending what way you're reading your xml but you should be using a foreach to iterate over each object in the xml, then you can do something like....

$i = 0;
foreach($xml['person'] as $person) {
    if ($person->name == 'Elmo' && $i < 5) {
        echo $xmlObject->name;
        $i++;
    }
}

my php is rusty at best but the theory should help you.