Simple Retrying for loop example

retry-for-loop.php

<?php

$retries = 0;
$maxRetries = 3;

// Should fail this amount of times
$failCounter = 5;

for($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
    
    var_dump($i);    
    
    // Induce failure
    if ($failCounter > 0) {
        $failCounter--;
        
        var_dump("FAILED");
        
      // Failed, retry
        
          if ($retries < $maxRetries) {
            $i--; // Reset index back to the failed index
            $retries++;
        } else {
              var_dump("Failed max times");
            $retries = 0;
            continue;
        }
        
    }
    
}