How to compare every value in a for loop? - php

Question

I have a multidimentional array of 5 items and I want that my loop would compare it like:
1 -> 2, 1 -> 3, 1 -> 4, 1 -> 5, 2->1, 2->3, 2->4, 2->5......// so on and 5 -> 4 in the end.
The problem is that after my array $i value matches 1 and $j value matches 3, the unset is done and the $i value becomes 2 (which is correct) and $j value becomes 4 instead of 3. Could someone tell me why and what I'm doing wrong?
My loop is:
for ($i = 0; $i <= count($myArray); $i++) {
for ($j = $i+1; $j <= count($myArray); $j++) {
if (
// condition 1
&& // condition 2
) {
unset($myArray[$i]);
$i++;
}
}
}

Answer 1

I think that's the problem is when you unset the element in the array, you increment the counter of the loop $i. In this way, the elements of the array that are not configured are removed, this empty array position will be maintained, it will not be reordered, you will have to do it manually or using array_values ​​method.
In the last tour of the array, it will break because you are comparing the number of array elements as equal. You must use index < count($array)
The code would be like this:
for ($i = 0; $i < count($myArray); $i++) {
for ($j = $i+1; $j < count($myArray); $j++) {
if (
// condition 1
&& // condition 2
) {
unset($myArray[$i]);
// $i++;
}
}
}

Answer 2

try something like this
for ($i = 0; $i <= count($myArray); $i++) {
for ($j = 0; $j <= count($myArray); $j++) {
if ($j!=$i)
{
if (
// condition 1
&& // condition 2
) {
unset($myArray[$i]);
$i++;
}
}
}
}

Answer 3

$temp = $myArray;
for ($i = 0; $i <= count($myArray); $i++)
{
for ($j = $i + 1; $j <= count($myArray); $j++)
{
if (
// condition 1
&& // condition 2
)
{
unset($temp[$i]);
$i++;
}
}
}
print_r($temp);
Your result is in $temp. So here indexes wont get hampered, you actually are applying all operation on $temp and normally traversing $myArray.

Answer 4

To be honest, I do not know why nobody has yet advise to use nested foreach, since you all noticed there was a problem with array size.
foreach ($numbers as $number_horizontal_parsing) {
foreach ($numbers as $number_vertical_parsing) {
if ($number_horizontal_parsing != $number_vertical_parsing) {
//do your stuff in your case it seems you want to compare both variables
}
}
}