PHP Break and Continue

PHP Break

You have already seen the break statement used in an earlier chapter of this tutorial. It was used to "jump out" of a switch statement.

The break statement can also be used to jump out of a loop.

This example jumps out of the loop when x is equal to 4:

<?php
for ($x = 0; $x < 10; $x++) {
if ($x == 4) {
break;
}
echo "The number is: $x <br>";
}
?>

The continue statement breaks one iteration (in the loop), if a specified condition occurs, and continues with the next iteration in the loop.

This example skips the value of 4:

<?php
for ($x = 0; $x < 10; $x++) {
if ($x == 4) {
continue;
}
echo "The number is: $x <br>";
}
?>

You can also use break and continue in while loops:

<?php
$x = 0;

while($x < 10) {
if ($x == 4) {
break;
}
echo "The number is: $x <br>";
$x++;
}
?>

<?php
$x = 0;

while($x < 10) {
if ($x == 4) {
$x++;
continue;
}
echo "The number is: $x <br>";
$x++;
}
?>