Ok, I may be a little bad at telling people what exactly I want. Probably I should try and figure this out for myself, I'm good at that! :D
"Mike Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 10 September 2003 12:14, zavaboy contributed these pearls of wisdom: > > > if I wait untill $sDate is zero, it'll be in 2000. > > I have $Date based on the current date, like to day is: 03252 > > 03 is the year 252 is the day of the year. > > So for goodness' sake just choose a sensible value to limit the loop -- I > was just taking a stab in the dark from your mention of max 31 days' > difference to guess it was a day-number within a month, and hence my > assumption that only +ve values would be valid. > > You really haven't given us very much to go on here -- it might be easier to > suggest a solution if you told us more about what *exactly* it is you're > trying to do. And a little bit more of your *actual* code (not "something > like") might help things along, too. > > > > "Mike Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> On 10 September 2003 11:26, zavaboy contributed these pearls > >> of wisdom: > >> > >>> // Ok, I have a loop: > >>> for ($i = $Date; $i >= $sDate; $i--) > >>> > >>> // Somthing like this is inside the loop: > >>> if ($Exists) > >>> echo "Something here."; > >>> else > >>> $sDate--; > >>> > >>> I have it check if it exists, if it doesn't, then it reduces > >>> $sDate by 1. $sDate is initially 3 to 31 days less than > >>> $Date. By reducing $sDate by 1, it keeps looking, what if > >>> there are no more? It keeps going until I reach 30 seconds, > >>> how can I set a time limit? > >> > >> No need to set a time limit for this -- just set a limit on > >> how far $sDate can be decremented. Presumably only positive > >> values are invalid, so just stop the loop when $sDate goes > >> <=0 -- either > >> > >> for ($i = $Date; $i >= $sDate && $sDate > 0; $i--) > >> > >> or something like: > >> > >> for ($i = $Date; $i >= $sDate; $i--): > >> > >> if ($Exists): > >> echo "Something here."; > >> else: > >> $sDate--; > >> if ($sDate<=0): > >> // do any necessary tidying up here -- e.g. set a > >> // flag to say the loop was exited via the side door > >> break; // escape from the for loop > >> endif; > >> endif; > >> > >> endfor; > >> // break escapes to here > >> > >> Cheers! > >> > >> Mike > > Cheers! > > Mike > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, > Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, > JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, > Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
