Array easily exit the foreach loop after x number of iterations

array-easily-exit-foreach-loop-after-x-number-of-iterations.php

// Credit goes to authors of answers here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2865393/1152876

<?php

/* 
* Example array, the values are grabbed from a custom field on WordPress.
* Works well if you need a solution that can accept any array.
*/

$array = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_prefix_my_custom_field', true );

$i=0;
foreach($array as $arr){

// whatever you want to do here

$i++;
if($i==3) break;
}

?>


<?php
/* 
* Optimized version with a for loop. it's more bug-proof (the control variables are all inside the for statement),
* and just reading it you know how many times it will be executed. break; or continue; should be avoided if possible.
* Does not play well with arrays that doesn't have contiguous numeric indexes starting at 0. var_dump($array) and check it first.
*/

for($i=0;$i<3;$i++){
    $array = $arr[i];
    // whatever you want to do here
}
?>