Let's Get Started with a PHP for Loop Page!

  1. Open Notepad++
  2. Choose: File -> New
  3. Copy the PHP for Template (PHP) code (below)
  4. Paste that code into your new file
  5. Change the put-title-of-this-page-here, put-welcome-heading-here, and put-welcome-paragraph here strings.
  6. Click: File -> Save As
  7. Name your file: \www\for.php
  8. Change the Save as type: to: PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (*.php)
  9. Click: Save
  10. Visit your page (http://buffalo.edu/for.php) in your favorite web browser
  11. Make any changes
  12. Save your changes
  13. Change the array items to something else (fruits, hobbies, songs, etc)
  14. Save your changes
  15. Reload your web page

PHP for Template (PHP)

<?php 
$title = "put-title-of-this-page-here"; 
$h2    = "put-heading-of-this-page-here"; 
$par   = "put-paragraph-of-this-page-here"; 
$myArray = array("item-0", "item-1", "item-2", "item-3", "item-4");
?>
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title><?php echo($title); ?></title>
  <head>
  <body>
    <h2><?php echo($h2); ?></h2>
    <p><?php echo($par); ?></p>
    <?php
    for ($i = 0; $i < count($myArray); $i++) {
      echo("Item " . $i . " is " . $myArray[$i] . "<br/>\n");
    }
    ?>   
  </body>
</html>
Output