How to check if it is the first time a value is found in if statement inside a foreach iteration

Question

Suppose I have an array.

$array1 = array(\'John\',\'Mike\',\'Tim\',\'Dan\');

Using a foreach iteration, I\'m looping through $ar

Answer 1

Use a variable to keep that information in

$firstTime = true;

foreach ($array1 as $key => $value) {
    $dbQueryResult = true; // or false depending on iteration
    if($dbQueryResult === true){
        // HOW DO I CHECK IF IT IS THE FIRST TIME I'M GETTING HERE
        if ( $firstTime ) {
            // do first time stuff

            $firstTime = FALSE;
        }

    }
}