PHP Break PHP

PHP break statement breaks the execution of current for, while, do-while, switch and for-each loop. If you use break inside inner loop, it breaks the execution of inner loop only.

Syntax

1. jump statement;  
2. break;  

Flowchart

PHP Break: inside loop

Let's see a simple example to break the execution of for loop if value of i is equal to 5.

1. <?php  
2. for($i=1;$i<=10;$i++){  
3. echo "$i <br/>";  
4. if($i==5){  
5. break;  
6. }  
7. }  
8. ?>  

Output:

PHP Break: inside inner loop

The PHP break statement breaks the execution of inner loop only.

1. <?php  
2. for($i=1;$i<=3;$i++){  
3.  for($j=1;$j<=3;$j++){  
4.   echo "$i   $j<br/>";  
5.   if($i==2 && $j==2){  
6.    break;  
7.   }  
8.  }  
9. }  
10. ?>  

Output:

PHP Break: inside switch statement

The PHP break statement breaks the flow of switch case also.

1. <?php      
2. $num=200;      
3. switch($num){      
4. case 100:      
5. echo("number is equals to 100");      
6. break;      
7. case 200:      
8. echo("number is equal to 200");      
9. break;      
10. case 50:      
11. echo("number is equal to 300");      
12. break;      
13. default:      
14. echo("number is not equal to 100, 200 or 500");      
15. }     
16. ?>      

Output: