Php/docs/control-structures.break
break
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
break
ends execution of the current
for
, foreach
,
while
, do-while
or
switch
structure.
break
accepts an optional numeric argument
which tells it how many nested enclosing structures are to be
broken out of. The default value is 1
, only
the immediate enclosing structure is broken out of.
<?php$arr = array('one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'stop', 'five');foreach ($arr as $val) { if ($val == 'stop') { break; /* You could also write 'break 1;' here. */ } echo "$val<br />\n";}/* Using the optional argument. */$i = 0;while (++$i) { switch ($i) { case 5: echo "At 5<br />\n"; break 1; /* Exit only the switch. */ case 10: echo "At 10; quitting<br />\n"; break 2; /* Exit the switch and the while. */ default: break; }}?>