Display text once within while loop on the first loop

Question

Show this once
\";

print \"
display everytime
\";
$i++;
}
?>


        

Answer 1

Yes, as long as nothing in the loop sets $i back to 0

Answer 2

Yes, indeed.

You can also combine the if and the increment, so you won't forget to increment:

if (!$i++) echo "Show once.";

Answer 3

Rather than incrementing it every time the loop runs and wasting useless resource, what you can do is, if the value is 0 for the first time, then print the statement and make the value of the variable as non-zero. Just like a flag. Condition, you are not changing the value of the variable in between the loop somewhere. Something like this:

<?php

   $i = 0;

   while(conditionals...) {

      if($i == 0){
        print "<p>Show this once</p>";
        $i=1;
      }

      print "<p>display everytime</p>";
   }
?>

Answer 4

Yes it will, unless the conditions are false from the start or $i was set to 0 inside the loop