Php while loop exclude first of array - php

Question

<div id="prettyphoto" align="left"> <img src="http://images.idealer1.com/getimage/700/<?php echo $image['vpid'] ?>.jpg" width="100" alt="" />
<ul class="gallery clearfix">
<?php foreach ($images as $image) { ?>
<li><img src="http://images.idealer1.com/getimage/100/<?php echo $image['vpid'] ?>.jpg" width="100" alt="" /></li>
<? } ?>
</ul>
</div>
I am trying to take this foreach loop of thumbnails and exclude the first image and have it load as a larger image I can't seem to figure out the proper way to accomplish this.

Answer 1

You could use array_shift():
<?php $firstImage = array_shift($images); ?>
<!-- do something with $firstImage -->
<?php foreach ($images as $image): ?>
...
<?php endforeach; ?>
or if you don't need a reference to the first image, array_slice():
<?php foreach(array_slice($images, 1) as $image): ?>
...
<?php endforeach; ?>
Also note the use of the alternative syntax for control structures which makes reading the mixture of PHP and HTML a bit easier (but is not related to your problem).

Answer 2

You can iterate the array "manually", with next(), current(), etc:
<?php
$images = array(
array('vpid' => 1, ),
array('vpid' => 2, ),
array('vpid' => 3, ),
array('vpid' => 4, ),
);
$image = current($images);
?>
<div id="prettyphoto" align="left"> <img src="http://images.idealer1.com/getimage/700/<?php echo $image['vpid'] ?>.jpg" width="100" alt="" />
<ul class="gallery clearfix">
<?php
next($images);
while(list($idx, $image) = each($images)) { ?>
<li><img src="http://images.idealer1.com/getimage/100/<?php echo $image['vpid'] ?>.jpg" width="100" alt="" /></li>
<? } ?>
</ul>
</div>
Read: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.each.php
With array_shift() you could "loose" the first image (you have to put it back in after you're done).
With array_slice() you would duplicate data, which is bad practice in general.

Answer 3

you can use some idea from this:
foreach($array as $key=>$value)
{
if($key==0)
echo "code for the large image";
else
echo "code for the thumbnail image";
}