how to limit foreach loop to three loops

This will help if your array is numerically indexed

foreach($section['Article'] as $i => $article ):

    if ($i > 3) break;

Otherwise - manually increment the counter:

$i = 0;
foreach($section['Article'] as $article ):

    if ($i++ > 3) break;

first, prepare your data

$i = 1;
$data = array();
foreach($section['Article'] as $article ) {
  if($article['status']== 1) {
    $article['link'] = $html->link('View', '/articles/view/'.$article['id']);
    $data[] = $article;
    if ($i++ == 3) break;
  }
}
$section['Article'] = $data;

then display it

<?php foreach($section['Article'] as $article ): ?>
<tr>
  <td><?php echo $article['title'] ?></td>
  <td>&nbsp;<?php echo $article['link']?></td>
</tr>
<?php endforeach ?>

Slice the array.

foreach(array_slice($section['Article'], 0, 3) as $article ):