for

{for} {forelse} =

The {for} {forelse} tag is used to create simple loops. The following different formats are supported:

• {for $var=$start to $end} simple loop with step size of 1.
• {for $var=$start to $end step $step} loop with individual step size.

{forelse} is executed when the loop is not iterated.

Attribute	Required	Description
max	No	Limit the number of iterations

{for $i=1 to 5}
   {if $i == 3}
      {continue}
   {/if}
   {$i}
{/for}

{for $i=-5 to -1}
   {$i}
{/for}

{$num=10}
{for $i=$num to 1 step -2}
   {$i}
{/for}

{$ar = ['a','b','c','d']}
{for $i=0 to $ar|count-1 max=3}
   {$ar[$i]}
{/for}

{$empty = []}
{for $i=0 to $empty|count-1}
   {$ar[$i]}
{forelse}
   array is empty
{/for}

output:

1 2 4 5
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1
10 8 6 4 2 
a b c 
array is empty

see also {foreach}, {section}, {while}