What are the differences between single values and arrays in PHP, and how can they impact the functionality of a foreach loop?

When using single values in a foreach loop in PHP, the loop will iterate only once as there is only one value to loop through. However, when using arrays, the loop will iterate through each element in the array. To ensure that the foreach loop functions correctly with both single values and arrays, you can check if the input is an array using the is_array() function and convert single values to an array if needed. 

// Example code snippet to handle single values and arrays in a foreach loop

$data = "single value"; // or $data = ["value1", "value2", "value3"];

if (is_array($data)) {
    foreach ($data as $value) {
        echo $value . "<br>";
    }
} else {
    echo $data . "<br>";
}

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