while
I'm guilty of writing constructs without curly braces sometimes... writing the do--while seemed a bit odd without the curly braces ({ and }), but just so everyone is aware of how this is written with a do--while...
a normal while:
<?php
while ( $isValid ) $isValid = doSomething($input);
?>
a do--while:
<?php
do $isValid = doSomething($input);
while ( $isValid );
?>
Also, a practical example of when to use a do--while when a simple while just won't do (lol)... copying multiple 2nd level nodes from one document to another using the DOM XML extension
<?php
# open up/create the documents and grab the root element
$fileDoc = domxml_open_file('example.xml'); // existing xml we want to copy
$fileRoot = $fileDoc->document_element();
$newDoc = domxml_new_doc('1.0'); // new document we want to copy to
$newRoot = $newDoc->create_element('rootnode');
$newRoot = $newDoc->append_child($newRoot); // this is the node we want to copy to
# loop through nodes and clone (using deep)
$child = $fileRoot->first_child(); // first_child must be called once and can only be called once
do $newRoot->append_child($child->clone_node(true)); // do first, so that the result from first_child is appended
while ( $child = $child->next_sibling() ); // we have to use next_sibling for everything after first_child
?>
do-while
do-while 루프는 시작부분이 아니라 각 반복(iteration)의 끝부분에서 표현식이 참인지 체크한다는것을 제외하고 while루프와 매우 비슷하다. 일반적인 while문과의 주요한 차이점은 do-while문의 첫번째 반복이 반드시 수행된다는것이다 (반복의 끝부분에서 표현식이 참인지 체크한다), 이와 같은 경우는 일반 while루프로 수행시킬수 없을것이다. (while루프에서는 각 반복의 시작부분에서 표현식이 참인지 체크되고, 시작부터 바로 그 값이 FALSE이면 그 루프는 즉시 수행을 멈추게 된다)
다음에 do-while루프의 한가지 문법을 보인다:
<?php
$i = 0;
do {
echo $i;
} while ($i > 0);
?>
위 루프는 정확히 한번 수행된다. 첫번째 반복(iteration) 이후에 표현식이 참인지 체크할때, FALSE가 되므로 ($i는 0보다 크지 않다) 루프 수행이 멈춘다.
고급 C 유저는 do-while루프의 다른 사용법에 익숙할것이다. 즉, do-while (0)으로 감싸고, break절을 사용하여 코드 블록의 중간에서 수행을 멈출수 있습니다. 다음 코드 예는 이런 경우를 보여준다:
<?php
do {
if ($i < 5) {
echo "i는 충분히 크지 않다";
break;
}
$i *= $factor;
if ($i < $minimum_limit) {
break;
}
echo "i is ok";
/* process i */
} while (0);
?>
이 코드를 바로 또는 전혀 이해할수 없다고 걱정하지 마라. 이런 '기능'을 사용하지 않고도 일반스크립트나 심지어 굉장한 스크립트를 작성할 수 있다.
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User Contributed Notesdo-while
andrew at NOSPAM dot devohive dot com
15-Sep-2008 10:44
15-Sep-2008 10:44
Ryan
17-Apr-2008 10:59
17-Apr-2008 10:59
I've found that the most useful thing to use do-while loops for is multiple checks of file existence. The guaranteed iteration means that it will check through at least once, which I had trouble with using a simple "while" loop because it never incremented at the end.
My code was:
<?php
$filename = explode(".", $_FILES['file']['name']); // File being uploaded
$i=0; // Number of times processed (number to add at the end of the filename)
do {
/* Since most files being uploaded don't end with a number,
we have to make sure that there is a number at the end
of the filename before we start simply incrementing. I
admit there is probably an easier way to do this, but this
was a quick slap-together job for a friend, and I find it
works just fine. So, the first part "if($i > 0) ..." says that
if the loop has already been run at least once, then there
is now a number at the end of the filename and we can
simply increment that. Otherwise, we have to place a
number at the end of the filename, which is where $i
comes in even handier */
if($i > 0) $filename[0]++;
else $filename[0] = $filename[0].$i;
$i++;
} while(file_exists("uploaded/".$filename[0].".".$filename[1]));
/* Now that everything is uploaded, we should move it
somewhere it can be accessed. Hence, the "uploaded"
folder. */
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], "uploaded/".$filename[0].".".$filename[1]);
?>
I'm sure there are plenty of ways of doing this without using the do-while loop, but I managed to toss this one together in no-time flat, and I'm not a great PHP programmer. =) It's simple and effective, and I personally think it works better than any "for" or "while" loop that I've seen that does the same thing.
jantsch at gmail dot com
28-Nov-2007 05:56
28-Nov-2007 05:56
Useful when you want to continue to read a recordset that was already being read like in:
<?
$sql = "select * from customers";
$res = mysql_query( $sql );
// read the first record
if( $rs = mysql_fetch_row( $res ) ){
// do something with this record
}
// do another stuff here
// keep reading till the end
if( mysql_num_rows( $res )>1 ){
do{
// processing the records till the end
}while( $rs = mysql_fetch_row( $res ));
}
?>
jayreardon at gmail dot com
10-Apr-2007 03:36
10-Apr-2007 03:36
There is one major difference you should be aware of when using the do--while loop vs. using a simple while loop: And that is when the check condition is made.
In a do--while loop, the test condition evaluation is at the end of the loop. This means that the code inside of the loop will iterate once through before the condition is ever evaluated. This is ideal for tasks that need to execute once before a test is made to continue, such as test that is dependant upon the results of the loop.
Conversely, a plain while loop evaluates the test condition at the begining of the loop before any execution in the loop block is ever made. If for some reason your test condition evaluates to false at the very start of the loop, none of the code inside your loop will be executed.