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foreach

Summary

Iterates over arrays in different ways.

Usage

{foreach <array> as [ $keyVar => ] $itemVar  
         [ sequence <array> as $sequenceVar ]
         [ offset <offset>                  ]
         [ max <max>                        ]
         [ reverse                          ]}

    [ {delimiter}...{/delimiter} ]
    [ {break}    ]
    [ {continue} ]
    [ {skip}     ]
    
{/foreach}

Description

This construct makes it possible to iterate over arrays in different ways. The loop can be tweaked using the parameters (see above).

Examples

Example 1

{foreach $objects as $object}
 
    {$object.name} <br />
 
{/foreach}

This example will print out the names of the objects that are stored in the $objects array. If this array stores 4 objects with the following names: "Emmett Brown", "Marty McFly", "Lorraine Baines" and "Biff Tannen", the following output will be produced:

Emmett Brown
Marty McFly
Lorraine Baines
Biff Tannen

Example 2

{foreach $objects as $index => $object}
 
    {$index} : {$object.name} <br />
 
{/foreach}

This example demonstrates how to create an iteration counter.

0: Emmett Brown
1: Marty McFly
2: Lorraine Baines
3: Biff Tannen

Example 3

{foreach $objects as $object sequence array( 'dark', 'light' ) as $style}
 
    <div class="{$style}">{$object.name}</div>
 
{/foreach}

This example demonstrates how to create a loop where the iterations are displayed using alternating styles (in this case dark, light, dark, light and so on).

Balazs Halasy (22/02/2005 1:11 pm)

Balazs Halasy (06/11/2006 10:56 am)


Comments

  • Other parameters?

    Any chance you might update this piece to list out what all the other parameters do? Thanks!
    • Re: Other parameters?

      Hi,

      Take a look at this : http://ez.no/ez_publish/documenta...plate_functions/program_flow/section

      The {foreach} statement is a replacement for the {section loop=..}.
      • Re: Other parameters?

        offset :
        Determines the start of the loop array for the iterations, the value must be an integer.

        max :
        Determines the maximum number of iterations, the value must be an integer.
  • parameters

    These parameters is not explained here or in the section part, so I start some guessing..
    [ {break} ] guess this breakes out of the foreach ??
    [ {skip} ] and this jumps to next element ?
    [ {continue} ] ??
  • working without modulo

    If you miss the delimiter modulo combination provided by the old section structure you can accomplish the same thing with code like this:
    {foreach $objects as $objectKey => $object}
     {if eq($objectKey|mod(2),0)}
      {node_view_gui view=line content_node=$object}
     {else}
      {node_view_gui view=line content_node=$object}
     {/if}
    {/foreach}
    
  • Delimiter ?

    is the {delimiter} statement deprecated ? It doesn't seem to work with foreach.
    • Re: Delimiter ?

      It works as expected.
      Tested using an example:
      foreach<br>
      {let $b=array( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 )}
      {foreach $b as $bitem}
      {$bitem}
      {delimiter}
      <br>:DEL:<br>
      {/delimiter}
      {/foreach}
      {/let}

      I've got these on the output:
      foreach
      1
      :DEL:
      2
      :DEL:
      3
      :DEL:
      4
      :DEL:
      5
      :DEL:
      6
      :DEL:
      7

      And output results are expected
      • Are you sure ??

         {foreach $module_result.path as $path}
          {if $path.url}
            [LT]a href={cond( is_set( $path.url_alias ), $path.url_alias,
                                                $path.url )|ezurl}[GT]{$path.text|wash}[LT]/a[GT]
          {delimiter}
        		/
          {/delimiter}
          {else}
        	{$path.text|wash}
          {/if}
          {/foreach}
        



        Warning: eZTemplate Oct 18 2006 18:16:03
        Function "delimiter" is not registered


        eZ Publish 3.8.5
        • Re: Are you sure ??

          update: It's because it's inside an if clause!!!
  • Get image width in Foreach loop

    Thanks Lukasz, for this answer on extracting an image width (useful for defining the width of a parent container in css).


    <div class="picleft" style="width:{$related.data_map.picture.content[portrait].width}px>
    {attribute_view_gui attribute=$related.data_map.picture image_class=portrait}
    </div>

    Gives you an image wrapped in a div of the same width as the image.

    'portrait' is the image alias.






  • Additional parameters

    To use <b>max</b>:

    {* Loop through only the first two elements of $array *}
    {foreach $array as $array_item max 2}
    {$array_item.name}
    {/foreach}

    To use <b>offset</b>:

    {* Loop through the elements of $array, starting with the third element *}
    {* Assumes $array is zero-based *}
    {foreach $array as $array_item offset 2}
    {$array_item.name}
    {/foreach}
  • Performance tuning tip

    It is much better to limit the data returned by a fetch function (eg. 'list' or 'tree') than to do a huge fetch and use offset and limit on the subsequent foreach, as is often the case when paginated content is shown. To recover the number of total elements available the fecth functions list_count and tree_count are available.

    {def $offset=0
    $max=5
    $nodes=fetch('content', 'tree', hash(
    'parent_node_id', 2,
    'offset', $offset,
    'limit', $max))}
    $nc=fetch('content', 'tree', hash('parent_node_id', 2))}
    {foreach $nodes as $mynode=
    ...