php range display all except for last record

I have a php range
$first=1;
$last=10;

foreach(range($first,$last) as $number)
{echo $number."\n";}

which will display
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10


What I am looking for is

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Any suggestions on the most efficient way to do this? Also the numbers always change too. It may not be 9 there maybe 20 or 40, or 5. I was thinking somewhere along the lines of a -1 of some sort.

 

like that?

foreach(range($first,($last-1)) as $number)

Code (markup):

 

phpina I did try the -1 but with out the () You are the man!!!

Thank you so much!

 

In the foreach loop when you put range at that time you just have to decrease your range end,

So you just have to put ($first,($last-1))

Hope it works for you...