Resolved Infinite loop?

[PonchoX]

hi.
me newbie php.
the following code works fine:

PHP Code:

$count = -3;
while ($count <= 10) {
echo $count . ", ";
$count ++; 
} 


this code ALSO runs fine:

PHP Code:

$count = -3;
while ($count <= 10) {
if ($count == 5) {
echo "FIVE!, ";
} else {
echo $count . ", ";
}
$count ++; 
} 


So, how come THIS code seems to run in infinite loop? All I did was remove the curly-brace between the last echo and increment, and move it to the end.

PHP Code:

$count = -3;
while ($count <= 10) {
if ($count == 5) {
echo "FIVE!, ";
} else {
echo $count . ", ";
$count ++; 
}
} 


Notice there is no curly brace between echo and increment is first code example.

[mlseim]

Because if count = 5, it will just keep printing "FIVE" and never increment.

Increment outside of the "if-else" statement ....

PHP Code:

$count = -3; 
while ($count <= 10) { 
if ($count == 5) { 
echo "FIVE!, "; 
} else { 
echo $count . ", "; 
}
$count ++; 
} 


[PonchoX]

Thanks.
I don' yet know enuf about PHP to fully understand what you said, but it seems if it never increments, that's what puts me into the infinite loop.

Seems I made the increment part of the else statement when it shoulda went with the while-loop, yes?

It never did print 'FIVE!' btw (not even once). It just went to 100%-CPU and I had to kill the server. (WAMP)

"Increment outside of the "if-else" statement" .. seems to be the lesson here.

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

It should increment eventually that is if you didn't have the space here $count ++;

Remove it.

[PonchoX]

Ah, good catch. Thanks.

Me newbie, obviously.

Newbie mistake. Won't make that mistake again.

Wonder why it worked with the space.