PHP Iterate 12 items perform echo on every third - php

Question

Hi I have been chasing my tail for a while on this one and wondered if someone could solve my headache.
Basically I am rendering 12 items to the page. Each 3 items need to be wrapped in a row like:
<div class='row'>
<div class='item'>
</div>
<div class='item'>
</div>
<div class='item'>
</div>
</div>
<div class='row'>
<div class='item'>
</div>
<div class='item'>
</div>
<div class='item'>
</div>
</div>
<div class='row'>
<div class='item'>
</div>
<div class='item'>
</div>
<div class='item'>
</div>
</div>
<div class='row'>
<div class='item'>
</div>
<div class='item'>
</div>
<div class='item'>
</div>
</div>
Thanks in advance.
Hi I think some code would help:
$i=0;
foreach($posts as $p) {
$i++
}
So basically within the for each I will be outputting a row and 3 items.The results are coming from a database query. I have tried a few different approaches such as
if($i == 1) {echo "<div class='row'>";}
if ($counter % 4 == 0) {
echo "</div><div class='row'>";
}
However I keep failing, please note these are just snippets of code.

Answer 1

You need to use two loops:
// Outer loop for each row
for ($row = 0; $row < 4; $row++) {
echo '<row>';
// Inner loop for the items
for ($item = 0; $item < 3; $item++) {
echo '<item>';
}
echo '</row>';
}

Answer 2

You should have done it yourself. it needs to know very basic of loop.
try like this:
for($i=0;$i <= 3; $i++){ //outer loop for 12 times
echo "<row>"; // start row
for ($j=0;$j<3;$j++){ // inner loops for echoing 3 times
echo "<item>"; //echo item
}
echo "</row>"; // end row
}
demo : https://eval.in/107129
I have used "\n" for new line in demo. if you needed new line then you can use <br />