exclude using php

$ids = array();
// get current post id if a single (post or page)
if(is_single()){
	global $post; 

	$ids[] = $post->ID;	
}
// setup basic loop arguments
$args = array(
	'post_type' 				=> 'post',
	'post_status' 				=> 'publish',
	'posts_per_page'			=>  5 + count($ids),
	'no_found_rows' 			=> true,  // turn off pagination
	'update_post_meta_cache' 	=> false  // don't do anything with post meta
);
// create the loop query
$loop = new WP_Query($args);

// check if has a good result
if ($loop->have_posts()) : 
	// begin the unordered list
	?><ul><?php
	// set a counter so we know when we get to 5
	$count = 0;
	while ($loop->have_posts()) : $loop->the_post() ;
		// check if this is not part of the already loaded ones
		if(in_array(get_the_ID(), $ids)) {
			continue; // miss out this one and begin a new loop
		}
		// do the things that are shown in the loop		
   		?><li>
    			<a href='<?php the_permalink(); ?>'><?php the_title(); ?></a>
    	  </li><?php		    
    	// add 1 to the loop count.    
    	$count++;
    	// stop the loop when at 5
    	if($count == 5){    		
    		// end the loop
    		break;
    	}  
    endwhile;
    // end the 
    ?></ul><?php
    wp_reset_postdata();
else : 
	// give a response if there is no result
    echo "there were no results.... that\'s strange!  check your code.";    
endif;