php-doc-en/language/control-structures/for.xml

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<sect1 xml:id="control-structures.for" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <title><literal>for</literal></title>
 <?phpdoc print-version-for="for"?>
 <para>
  <literal>for</literal> loops are the most complex loops in PHP.
  They behave like their C counterparts.  The syntax of a
  <literal>for</literal> loop is:
  <informalexample>
   <programlisting>
<![CDATA[
for (expr1; expr2; expr3)
    statement
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </informalexample>
 </para>
 <simpara>
  The first expression (<varname>expr1</varname>) is
  evaluated (executed) once unconditionally at the beginning of the
  loop.
 </simpara>
 <simpara>
  In the beginning of each iteration,
  <varname>expr2</varname> is evaluated.  If it evaluates to
  &true;, the loop continues and the nested
  statement(s) are executed.  If it evaluates to
  &false;, the execution of the loop ends.
 </simpara>
 <simpara>
  At the end of each iteration, <varname>expr3</varname> is
  evaluated (executed).
 </simpara>
 <simpara>
  Each of the expressions can be empty or contain multiple
  expressions separated by commas. In <varname>expr2</varname>, all
  expressions separated by a comma are evaluated but the result is taken
  from the last part.
  <varname>expr2</varname> being empty means the loop should
  be run indefinitely (PHP implicitly considers it as
  &true;, like C).  This may not be as useless as
  you might think, since often you'd want to end the loop using a
  conditional <link
  linkend="control-structures.break"><literal>break</literal></link>
  statement instead of using the <literal>for</literal> truth
  expression.
 </simpara>
 <para>
  Consider the following examples.  All of them display the numbers
  1 through 10:
  <informalexample>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
/* example 1 */

for ($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {
    echo $i;
}

/* example 2 */

for ($i = 1; ; $i++) {
    if ($i > 10) {
        break;
    }
    echo $i;
}

/* example 3 */

$i = 1;
for (; ; ) {
    if ($i > 10) {
        break;
    }
    echo $i;
    $i++;
}

/* example 4 */

for ($i = 1, $j = 0; $i <= 10; $j += $i, print $i, $i++);
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </informalexample>
 </para>
 <simpara>
  Of course, the first example appears to be the nicest one (or
  perhaps the fourth), but you may find that being able to use empty
  expressions in <literal>for</literal> loops comes in handy in many
  occasions.
 </simpara>
 <para>
  PHP also supports the alternate "colon syntax" for
  <literal>for</literal> loops.
  <informalexample>
   <programlisting>
<![CDATA[
for (expr1; expr2; expr3):
    statement
    ...
endfor;
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </informalexample>
 </para>
 <simpara>
  It's a common thing to many users to iterate through arrays like in the
  example below.
 </simpara>
 <para>
  <informalexample>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
/*
 * This is an array with some data we want to modify
 * when running through the for loop.
 */
$people = array(
    array('name' => 'Kalle', 'salt' => 856412),
    array('name' => 'Pierre', 'salt' => 215863)
);

for($i = 0; $i < count($people); ++$i) {
    $people[$i]['salt'] = mt_rand(000000, 999999);
}
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </informalexample>
 </para>
 <simpara>
  The above code can be slow, because the array size is fetched on
  every iteration. Since the size never changes, the loop be easily
  optimized by using an intermediate variable to store the size instead
  of repeatedly calling <function>count</function>:
 </simpara>
 <para>
  <informalexample>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$people = array(
    array('name' => 'Kalle', 'salt' => 856412),
    array('name' => 'Pierre', 'salt' => 215863)
);

for($i = 0, $size = count($people); $i < $size; ++$i) {
    $people[$i]['salt'] = mt_rand(000000, 999999);
}
?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </informalexample>
 </para>
</sect1>

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