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<div id="control-structures.break" class="sect1">
<h2 class="title"><i>break</i></h2>
<p class="simpara">
<i>break</i> ends execution of the current
<i>for</i>, <i>foreach</i>,
<i>while</i>, <i>do-while</i> or
<i>switch</i> structure.
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<p class="simpara">
<i>break</i> accepts an optional numeric argument
which tells it how many nested enclosing structures are to be
broken out of.
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$arr </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'one'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'two'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'three'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'four'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'stop'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'five'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />while (list(, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #007700">) = </span><span style="color: #0000BB">each</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$arr</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> if (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val </span><span style="color: #007700">== </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'stop'</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> break; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* You could also write 'break 1;' here. */<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">}<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$val</span><span style="color: #DD0000"><br />\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Using the optional argument. */<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />while (++</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> switch (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> case </span><span style="color: #0000BB">5</span><span style="color: #007700">:<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"At 5<br />\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> break </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Exit only the switch. */<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">case </span><span style="color: #0000BB">10</span><span style="color: #007700">:<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"At 10; quitting<br />\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> break </span><span style="color: #0000BB">2</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">/* Exit the switch and the while. */<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">default:<br /> break;<br /> }<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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