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PHP How do I limit the for loop count?

wyclef

Active Coder
Hi, the following works fine but I’d like to limit the max number of items pulled at a given time? Wondering how to do this?

PHP:
function rssNews() {
    $items = xmlFeed('research');
    $items = orderByDate($items);
    $output = '';
    $output = '<ul id="rssnews">';

    if (count($items) >= 2) {
        for ($i = 0; $i < count($items); $i++) {
            if ($items[$i][description] != '') {
                $cleanDate = convertPubDate($items[$i][pubDate], 'F dS, Y');
                $output .= '<li>';
                if ($items[$i][thumb] != '') {
                    $output .= '<img src="'.$items[$i][thumb].'" width="85px" height="85px" alt="'.$items[$i][title].'">';
                } else {
                    $output .= '<img src="http://mydomain.com/images/placeholder.png" width="85px" height="85px" alt="'.$items[$i][title].'">';
                }
                $output .= '<h3><a href="'.$items[$i][link].'" target="_blank">'.$items[$i][title].'</a></h3>';
                $output .= '<p>'.htmlspecialchars_decode($items[$i][description]).' <em class="date">'.$cleanDate.'</em></p>';
                $output .= '</li>';
            }
        }
    } else {
        $output .= '<li><article><p>Please check back soon</a>.</p></article></li>';
    }
    $output .= '</ul>';
    return $output;
}
 
I think this?

PHP:
// read feed from xml
function xmlFeed($section) {
    $rss = new rss_php;
    $feedURL = site_url().'/'.$section.'.xml';
    $rss->load($feedURL);
    return $rss->getItems();
}

Can I just add something to the first snippet like for ($i = 0; $i < count($items) < 12; $i++) { or something of that nature? I am unclear how to limit this.
 

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