Foreach loop which results in object instantiation

I have a requirement to accept an array of checked items from a table and update a field based on which items have been selected. Initially my thoughts where to simply loop over each of these items in the array and access a function in the specific class to update the status.

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I'm slightly concerned about this approach as it would mean instantiating an object for each iteration of the loop in order to update the relevant status.

foreach($example as $exampleId){
    $newExample=new Example($exampleId);
    $newExample->updateStatus('active');
}

Are there any better ways around this? This seems like bad practice but I'm struggling to find an alternative way.

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is this an option?

$newExample=new Example();
foreach($example as $exampleId){
    $newExample->updateStatus($exampleId,'active');
}

otherwise you could always do this:

foreach($example as $exampleId){
    $newExample=new Example($exampleId);
    $newExample->updateStatus('active');
    $newExample->__destruct(); 
    unset($newExample);
}

for this you would need anothe method in your class

$newExample=new Example();
foreach($example as $exampleId){
    $newExample->set_example_id($exampleId);
    $newExample->updateStatus('active');
}

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It sounds like creating your object has overhead because it is loading from a database or somewhere? Could you add a static method to Example which updates without having to create an object which loads and populates itself? Then you could do:

foreach($example as $exampleId){
    Example::UpdateExampleStatus($exampleId,'active');
}