PHP - using foreach with array - php

Question

I'm struggling to get the correct syntax to to parse out the values from an array to use with the foreach loop. I have an array:
$contacts_array
which contains one or more names which I need to search on. The array looks like this:
Array
(
[0] => PR1010
[1] => PR1086
)
If I was to manually generate the required PHP code with a known number of names it would look like this where there are 2 names to search on:
// Create first find request
$findreq1 =$fm->newFindRequest('Contacts');
// Create second find request
$findreq2 =$fm->newFindRequest('Contacts');
// Specify search criterion for first find request
$findreq1->addFindCriterion('Name', $searchTerm);
// Specify search criterion for second find request
$findreq2->addFindCriterion('Suburb', $searchTerm);;
// Add find requests to compound find command
$request->add(1,$findreq1);
$request->add(2,$findreq2);
I need to generate the equivalent code for every name in the array. I know I need to use something like:
foreach($contacts_array as $contact_array => $value)
{
}
as well as:
$num = 1
$num++; } /* foreach record */
I'm just not sure how to bring this all together so that it increments the $findreq1 variables as I go. All my attempts so far generate errors. If anyone can show me how to combine this together that would be greatly appreciated as I'm learning PHP as I go.
Thanks

Answer 1

<?php
for($i = 0; $i < count($contacts_array); $i++) {
${'findreq' . ($i+1)} = $fm->newFindRequest('Contacts');
${'findreq' . ($i+1)}->addFindCriterion('Name', $contacts_array[$i]);
$request->add($i+1, ${'findreq' . ($i+1)});
}
?>
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Answer 2

You guys beat me to it.
<?php
$contacts = Array('PR1010','PR1086');
//print_r($contacts);
foreach ($contacts as $key => $value) {
//echo "key: ".$key." - Value: ".$value."<br>";
$findreq1 = $fm->newFindRequest('Contacts');
$findreq1->addFindCriterion('Name', $value); // this is where the Array's value is passed too, it is looped for every value in the Array
$request->add(1,$findreq1);
// do more here
}
?>