As others have put it, it's a matter of scoping, both are correct for 99.9% of the cases out there. But, as an example of where you'd want to have the my statement elsewhere of the foreach statement: 
my $element;
foreach $element (@set_of_numbers)
{
    last if $element < $critical_value;
}
print "$element is below the critical value.\n";

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If the my was inside the foreach, $element would not have scope outside the loop, and therefore you'd run into problems with the print statement.
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In reply to Re: Simple question about foreach and my. by Masem
in thread Simple question about foreach and my. by Xxaxx

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