PHP - For Loop Question

Hi'

Just researching how 'For loops' behave and I wrote the following ...

<?php

$t = 0;
    
    for($i=1, $j=1; $i<=3, $j>=-3; $i++, $j--)
        
    {
        
        $t = $i * $j;
        echo "$i x $j = $t<br>";
    
    }
?>

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I thought I'd get the following results: -

1 * 1 = 1
2 * 0 = 0
3 * -1 = -3

And yet the following happens: -

1 * 1 = 1
2 * 0 = 0
3 * -1 = -3
4 * -2 = -8
5 * -3 = -15

Why doesn't the for loop stop when the first statement for $i hits 3? Equally, if I change $i to <=12 the loop is affected by $j being a negative int and doesn't go below -3.

Hope that makes sense?
J