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user5047226
user5047226

Reputation:

how to use for loop inside php function

<?php
    function iterate($x){ //this is the function
        for ($i = 0; $i <= 10; $i++){ //this is the loop procedure to iterate 10 times
            echo $i; //it will show 0123456789 on the screen
        } 
    }

    $y = "xyz"; //variable declaration
    echo iterate($y); //should be iterate xyz as much 10 times. 
?>

wish to echo(print) xyz ten times using for loop inside the php function, the result not as expected. how to show the xyz iterate ten times.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4854

Answers (4)

Poiz
Poiz

Reputation: 7617

 <?php

     function iterate($x){ //this is the function
         for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++){ //this is the loop procedure to iterate 10 times
             echo "{$x}<br/>"
         } 
     }

     $y = "xyz"; //variable declaration
     echo iterate($y); //should be iterate xyz as much 10 times.

Upvotes: -2

Lorence Hernandez
Lorence Hernandez

Reputation: 1189

looks like you are confused on what you are doing.

You are printing the $i which is used for iteration not the one you passed (i,e. $x)

to fix this, you should echo $x which is the one you want to print

<?php
    function iterate($x){ //this is the function
        for ($i = 0; $i <= 10; $i++){ //this is the loop procedure to iterate 10 times
            echo $x; //it will show 0123456789 on the screen
        } 
    }
?>

now that the logic is fixed, there still some problem here you are printing the function whose role is to print the xyz.

<?php
    $y = "xyz"; //variable declaration
    iterate($y); //should be iterate xyz as much 10 times. 
?>

combining both solution:

<?php
    function iterate($x){ //this is the function
        for ($i = 0; $i <= 10; $i++){ //this is the loop procedure to iterate 10 times
            echo $x; //it will show 0123456789 on the screen
        } 
    }

    $y = "xyz"; //variable declaration
    iterate($y); //should be iterate xyz as much 10 times. 
?>

Upvotes: 0

inhgy
inhgy

Reputation: 7

If i well understand your question 

for ($i = 0; $i <= 10; $i++){ 
        echo $y; //instead of xyz
    }

Upvotes: -1

Jay Blanchard
Jay Blanchard

Reputation: 34416

echo $x; which is the value you pass to the function. You do not have to echo the function because echo is called inside the function. You also need to change your counter. 0 to 9 is 10 times, or 1 to 10. 

function iterate($x){ //this is the function
        for ($i = 0; $i <= 9; $i++){ //this is the loop procedure to iterate 10 times
            echo $x; //it will show xyz on the screen, 10 times
        } 
    }

    $y = "xyz"; //variable declaration
    iterate($y); //should be iterate xyz as much 10 times.

EXAMPLE

Upvotes: 4

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