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>&#13;    <TT
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> loops are the simplest type of loop in
    PHP.  They behave just like their C counterparts.  The basic form
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>&#13;    The meaning of a <TT
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>while</TT
> statement is simple.  It
    tells PHP to execute the nested statement(s) repeatedly, as long
    as the <TT
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    each time at the beginning of the loop, so even if this value
    changes during the execution of the nested statement(s), execution
    will not stop until the end of the iteration (each time PHP runs
    the statements in the loop is one iteration).  Sometimes, if the
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    statement(s) won't even be run once.
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>&#13;    Like with the <TT
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>if</TT
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    multiple statements within the same <TT
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    by surrounding a group of statements with curly braces, or by
    using the alternate syntax:
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>&#13;    The following examples are identical, and both print numbers from
    1 to 10:
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>/* example 1 */

$i = 1;
while ($i &#60;= 10) {
    print $i++;  /* the printed value would be
                    $i before the increment
                    (post-increment) */
}

/* example 2 */

$i = 1;
while ($i &#60;= 10):
    print $i;
    $i++;
endwhile;</PRE
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