| Re: foreach problem part two [message #184536 is a reply to message #184281] |
Tue, 07 January 2014 04:13   |
John Smith
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On Fri, 20 Dec 2013 02:09:46 +0100, Christoph Michael Becker
<cmbecker69(at)arcor(dot)de> wrote:
> richard wrote:
>
>> There is a flaw in the works that is not discussed.
>> That being, it won't work with brackted arrays.
>> Works fine with standard arrays.
>
> Nonsense. PHP has only one array type.[1]
>
>> While (){}. however works and could care less which is used.
>
> Assume, you have an array:
>
> $array = array('one', 'two', 'three');
>
> Now you want to echo its elements in order. What is simpler and more
> readable?
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> $i = 0;
> while ($i < count($array)) {
> echo $array[$i];
> }
>
> or
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> foreach ($array as $element) {
> echo $element;
> }
>
> Additionally, the foreach loop is most likely faster.
>
> [1] <http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php>
At the first example you don't have to increment the $i?
John
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