I think the best option for me is to refactorise my code a bit to cater to my
situation. Thanks all for your help.
Jeffery
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:32:11 pm Jeffery Fernandez wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:13:52 pm Chris wrote:
> > Jeffery Fernandez wrote:
> > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:01:47 pm Chris wrote:
> > >> Jeffery Fernandez wrote:
> > >>> Hi all,
> > >>>
> > >>> Is it possible to rewind a foreach loop? eg:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> $numbers = array(0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10);
> > >>>
> > >>> foreach ($numbers as $index => $value)
> > >>> {
> > >>> if ($value == 5)
> > >>> {
> > >>> prev($numbers);
> > >>> }
> > >>> echo "Value: $value" . PHP_EOL;
> > >>> }
> > >>>
> > >>> The above doesn't seem to work. In one of my scenarios, when I
> > >>> encounter and error in a foreach loop, I need the ability to rewind
> > >>> the array pointer by one. How can I achieve this?
> > >>
> > >> echo $numbers[$index-1] . PHP_EOL;
> > >
> > > That will only give me the value of the previous index. What I want is
> > > to rewind the array pointer and continue with the loop.
> >
> > and you're going to be in an endless loop then.. because each time it
> > gets rewound, it gets the same key again and rewinds and ...
>
> No, I am only rewinding if there is an error. Then I have the script
> auto-learning from the error, fix a config file and then want to go back to
> the array pointer to re-execute the process.
>
> > You could do it with a for or while loop probably.
>
> Thats what I am looking at now.
>
> > What are you trying to achieve? Maybe there's an alternative.
>
> As mentioned above.
>
> cheers,
> Jeffery
>
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