take first result of php foreach and carry on - php

Question

This is a very difficult question to ask but, lets try. I am using this module for joomla i need tocreate an overide for it so that it takes the first result of
<?php foreach( $pages as $key => $list ): ?>
and places it in its own div and carries on with the statement. Please ask if any other information is needed here's the entire code for the override:
<?php
/**
* #package mod_bt_contentslider - BT ContentSlider Module
* #version 1.4
* #created Oct 2011
* #author BowThemes
* #email support#bowthems.com
* #website http://bowthemes.com
* #support Forum - http://bowthemes.com/forum/
* #copyright Copyright (C) 2012 Bowthemes. All rights reserved.
* #license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU/GPL
*
*/
// no direct access
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');
if($modal){JHTML::_('behavior.modal');}
$document = JFactory::getDocument();
if(count($list)>0){?>
<div id="btcontentslider<?php echo $module->id; ?>" style="display:none;" class="span4 bt-cs<?php echo $moduleclass_sfx? ' bt-cs'.$params->get('moduleclass_sfx'):'';?>">
<!--CONTENT-->
<div class="slides_container" style="width:<?php echo $moduleWidth.";".$add_style;?>">
<?php foreach( $pages as $key => $list ): ?>
<div class="slide" style="width:100%;">
<?php foreach( $list as $i => $row ): ?>
<ul class="bt-row <?php if($i==0) echo 'bt-row-first'; else if($i==count($list)-1) echo 'bt-row-last' ?>" style="width:100%" >
<li class="bt-inner">
<?php if( $row->thumbnail && $align_image != "center"): ?>
<a target="<?php echo $openTarget; ?>" class="bt-image-link<?php echo $modal? ' modal':''?>" title="<?php echo $row->title;?>" href="<?php echo $modal?$row->mainImage:$row->link;?>">
<img <?php echo $imgClass ?> src="<?php echo $row->thumbnail; ?>" alt="<?php echo $row->title?>" style="width:<?php echo $thumbWidth ;?>px; float:<?php echo $align_image;?>;margin-<?php echo $align_image=="left"? "right":"left";?>:5px" title="<?php echo $row->title?>" />
</a>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if( $showTitle ): ?>
<a class="bt-title" target="<?php echo $openTarget; ?>"
title="<?php echo $row->title; ?>"
href="<?php echo $row->link;?>"> <?php echo $row->title_cut; ?> </a><br />
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if( $row->thumbnail && $align_image == "center" ): ?>
<div class="bt-center">
<a target="<?php echo $openTarget; ?>"
class="bt-image-link<?php echo $modal? ' modal':''?>"
title="<?php echo $row->title;?>" href="<?php echo $modal?$row->mainImage:$row->link;?>">
<img <?php echo $imgClass ?> src="<?php echo $row->thumbnail; ?>" alt="<?php echo $row->title?>" style="width:<?php echo $thumbWidth ;?>px;" title="<?php echo $row->title?>" />
</a>
</div>
<?php endif ; ?>
<?php if( $show_intro ): ?>
<div class="bt-introtext">
<?php echo $row->description; ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php if( $showReadmore ) : ?>
<p class="readmore">
<a target="<?php echo $openTarget; ?>"
title="<?php echo $row->title;?>"
href="<?php echo $row->link;?>"> <?php echo JText::_('READ_MORE');?>
</a>
</p>
<?php endif; ?>
</li>
<!--end bt-inner -->
</ul>
<!--end bt-row -->
<!--CONTENT-->
<?php endforeach; ?>
<div style="clear: both;"></div>
</div>
<!--end bt-main-item page -->
<?php endforeach; ?>
</div>
<?php if( $next_back && $totalPages > 1 ) : ?>
<a class="prev" href="#"></a><a class="next" href="#"></a>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<!--end bt-container -->
<div style="clear: both;"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
if(typeof(btcModuleIds)=='undefined'){var btcModuleIds = new Array();var btcModuleOpts = new Array();}
btcModuleIds.push(<?php echo $module->id; ?>);
btcModuleOpts.push({
slideEasing : '<?php echo $slideEasing; ?>',
fadeEasing : '<?php echo $slideEasing; ?>',
effect: '<?php echo $effect; ?>',
preloadImage: '<?php echo $preloadImg; ?>',
generatePagination: <?php echo $paging ?>,
play: <?php echo $play; ?>,
hoverPause: <?php echo $hoverPause; ?>,
slideSpeed : <?php echo $duration; ?>,
autoHeight:<?php echo $autoHeight ?>,
fadeSpeed : <?php echo $fadeSpeed ?>,
equalHeight:<?php echo $equalHeight; ?>,
width: <?php echo $moduleWidth=='auto'? "'auto'":$params->get( 'module_width', 0 ); ?>,
height: <?php echo $moduleHeight=='auto'? "'auto'":$params->get( 'module_height', 0 ); ?>,
pause: 100,
preload: true,
paginationClass: '<?php echo $butlet==1 ? 'bt_handles': 'bt_handles_num' ?>',
generateNextPrev:false,
prependPagination:true,
touchScreen:<?php echo $touchScreen ?>
});
</script>
<?php
// set position for bullet
if($butlet) {
$nav_top = (-1)*(int)$params->get( 'navigation_top', 0 );
$nav_right = (-1)*(int)$params->get( 'navigation_right', 0 )+5;
if(trim($params->get('content_title'))) $nav_top += 13;
$document->addStyleDeclaration(
$modid . ' ' . ($butlet == 1 ? '.bt_handles' : '.bt_handles_num') . '{'.
'bottom: ' . '5% !important;'.
'right: ' . '50% !important'.
'}'
);
}
// set responsive for mobile device
if($moduleWidth=='auto'){
$document->addStyleDeclaration(
'
#media screen and (max-width: 480px){.bt-cs .bt-row{width:100%!important;}}'
);
}
}
else
{
echo '<div>No result...</div>';
} ?>
Any Help Greatly apreciated.

Answer 1

you can do something like this. basicly, set a boolean to only do something different to the first item:
<?php $first = true; ?>
<?php foreach( $pages as $key => $list ): ?>
<?php
if($first) {
/* put this $list in its own div or whatever you need to do */
$first = false;
} else {
... //the default operation/code
?>
...
<?php } ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>

Answer 2

Complete Edit:
Use a counter to know which iteration it is:
<?php $c = 0; // initialize counter
foreach( $pages as $key => $list ):
if ($c++ == 0):
?>
this section will only run for the first element.
<?php endif;?>