Question

Is there a way to limiting while loops when fetching data from mysql ?

$query = "SELECT * 
    FROM  `table` 
    WHERE user_id = '$id' 
    ORDER BY `ID` DESC";

$result = mysql_query($query);

while ($info = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    //stuff
}

Here i dont want to use mysql’s LIMIT function, can i limit while loop other than that one ?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can always break the loop when it reaches its target. Otherwise you can use a for loop as Nick suggested.

$count = 0;

while ($count < 4 && $info = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    //stuff

    $count++;
}

However note that it may be a better idea to limit the result-set from the query with the LIMIT command.