How to use for Loop in PHP
In this article, I will explain how the for Loop can be used in PHP.
for Loop in PHP
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The for loop is used when you know in advance how many times the script should run or execute a statement.
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The for loop allows the user to put all the loop-related statements in one place.
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The for loop structure is similar to C language.
Syntax
for (init; condition; increment)
{
code to be executed;
}
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Parameters:
- init: init used to initialize a counter value.
- condition: Evaluated for each loop iteration. If it evaluates to TRUE, the loop continues. If it evaluates to FALSE, the loop ends.
- increment: Mostly used to increment a counter value
Example
The following example show the for loop that Counting number of times a word present in a sentence.
<html>
<body>
<h2 style="color: firebrick;">for Loop example</h2>
<?php
$sentance="The quick brown Fox jumps over the lazy Dog";
$string = explode(" ", $sentance);
$now = count($string);
$b = 0;
for($a=0; $a<$now; $a++)
{
if ($string[$a] == "the" or $string[$a] == "The")
{
$b = $b+1;
}
}
echo ("Total number of word is : ");
echo $b;
?>
</body>
</html>
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Output
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