Help me create this small if statement.

Okay What I want is to basically detect in a loop each time $1 is a multiple of 5.

eg. 5, 10, 15, 20

So i need and if statement the divides $i/5 and can detec if it's an even number.

Is there a special function in PHP that can do that?

Skinny

 

$i = 0 ;
$ismultiple5 = 0 ;
while ($i < $final_amount)
{ // do whatever
$i ++ ;
$ismultiple5 ++ ;
if ($ismultiple5  == 5)
{ // do multiple of 5 stuff then reset $ismultiple5 
$ismultiple5  = 0 ;
}
}

PHP:

sounds about right, sorry if my variable naming structure sucks

 

sweet. It makes sense

I'm gonna try it out. Thanks a lot.

Skinny

 

I'd use the '%' (modulus) operator
http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.arithmetic.php

for ($i = 0; $i < 10000; $i++) {
  if (! ($i % 5)) {
    # this is a multiple of 5
  } else {
    # this is not a multiple of 5
  }
}

PHP:

HTH, cheers!

 

picouli, your coding is much more elegant than mine & you provide reference. That is how a you are supposed to answer a question.

Well done, I've jotted down a few notes but cannot guarantee you that I will follow them.

 

Thanks to both of you.

I opted to use picouli's method. though both definitely looked like the were going to work.

Thanks both. rep added.

Skinny