how to limit the number of entries that print in the array

Question

I am working in Drupal 7 on a custom Module using Php.

Under the "Cloud Providers:" section, I am trying to limit the number of entries that print out to only 4. The IF statment with a BREAK is my attempt to solve this issue so far.

I have been trying to figure this out for a few hours and its driving me nuts. Any help would be appreciated. I have put the code at the bottom of this.

Thank you in advance for all your help.

    <?php
/**
 * @file
 */
?>

    <div class="item-body">
      <div class="overview">

        <div class="label">Cloud Providers:</div>
        <div class="data">
          <?php 
            $i = 0;
            foreach($company['service_providers'] as $provider): ?>
            <div>
                <?php 
                if($i = 3) break;
                print $provider;
                $i++;
                ?>
            </div>
          <?php endforeach; ?>
        </div>

      </div>
      <div class="details">
        <?php print theme('cloud_computing_item_details', array('company' => $company)); ?> 
      </div>
    </div>
    <div style="clear: both; height: 5px;">&nbsp;</div>
  </div>
</div>

Answer 1

$providers = array_slice($company['service_providers'], 0, 4);
foreach($providers as $provider): 

EDIT

or simply

foreach(array_slice($company['service_providers'], 0, 4) as $provider): 

Answer 2

if($i = 3) break;

should be:

if($i == 3) break;

whereas the way you have it currently, you are always setting $i equal to 3