function foo()
{

    $ctr = 0;

    for ($i = 0 ; $i > 8 ; $i++)
    {

        $ctr = $ctr + 1;

    }

    return $ctr;

}

function foo()
{
    $collections = //This has 7 counts;

    $ctr = 0;

    foreach ($collections as $collection)
    {
         $ctr = $ctr + 1;
    }

    return $ctr;

}

for ($i = 0 ; $i > 8 ; $i++)
              ^^^^^^