Here is a home rolled range() function that uses the step feature for those unfortunate souls who cannot use PHP5:

<?php
function my_range( $start, $end, $step = 1) {

    $range = array();

    foreach (range( $start, $end ) as $index) {

        if (! (($index - $start) % $step) ) {
            $range[] = $index;
        }
    }

    return $range;
}
?>