pseudo batch loop

pseudoBatchLoop.php

<?php  
$i = 0;
$rowsPerXMLFile = 50;
foreach ($dataFromDB as $key => $value) {
    if ($i == 0 || $i % $rowsPerXMLFile > 0 ) {
        $batch = '<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
                xmlns:batch="http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch" xmlns:yt="http://gdata.youtube.com/schemas/2007">
                <batch:operation type="query" />
                <entry>
                <id>http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/HSTdgmhGwgc?v=2</id>
                </entry>
                <entry>
                <id>https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/jvBdaizgjxMQ?v=2</id>
                </entry>
                </feed>';
    } else { // at 50, lets curl
        $ch = curl_init("http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/batch?v=2");
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $batch);
        $response = curl_exec($ch);
        $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
        curl_close($ch);
        echo $httpCode, PHP_EOL;
        $batch = "";
    }
    $i++;
}
?>