How to start a foreach loop at a specific index in PHP

Question

I am writing a foreach that does not start at the 0th index but instead starts at the first index of my array. Is there any way to offset the loop\'s starting p

Answer 1

In a foreach you cant do that. There are only two ways to get what you want:

1. Use a for loop and start at position 1
2. use a foreach and use a something like if($key>0) around your actual code

A foreach does what its name is telling you. Doing something for every element :)

EDIT: OK, a very evil solution came just to my mind. Try the following:

foreach(array_reverse(array_pop(array_reverse($array))) as $key => $value){
    ...
}

That would reverse the array, pop out the last element and reverse it again. Than you'll have a element excluding the first one.

But I would recommend to use one of the other solutions. The best would be the first one.

And a variation: You can use array_slice() for that:

foreach(array_slice($array, 1, null, true) as $key => $value){
    ...
} 

But you should use all three parameters to keep the keys of the array for your foreach loop: