You can actually do something like this
function checkGroup($groupNum, $names, $namesNow, $group, $groupSize, $i){ $ret = true; for ($m=0; $m < count($group); ++$m /* or $m++? */){ //checks to make sure current person doesn't conflict with anyone else in current group if (!($namesNow[$names[$i]][$group[$m]] < $max)){ $ret = false; break; } } return $ret;}