PHP Break

The break statement can be used to jump out of different kind of loops.

Break in For loop

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

Jump out of the loop when $x is 4:

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

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

$x = 0;

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

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

Stop the loop when $i is 3:

$i = 1;

do {
  if ($i == 3) break;
  echo $i;
  $i++;
} while ($i < 6);

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

Stop the loop if $x is "blue":

$colors = array("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");

foreach ($colors as $x) {
  if ($x == "blue") break;
  echo "$x <br>";
}