PHP Break Statement

The PHP Break Statement

The PHP break statement is used to immediately break out of different kind of loops.

The break statement ends the execution of the entire loop.

The break statement is used in:

• for loops
• while loops
• do...while loops
• foreach loops

PHP break Out of For loop

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

Example

Break out of the loop when $x is 4:

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

PHP break Out of While Loop

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

Example

Break out of the loop when $x is 4:

$x = 0;

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

PHP break Out of Do While Loop

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

Example

Break out of the loop when $i is 3:

$i = 1;

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

PHP break Out of Foreach Loop

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

Example

Break out of the loop if $value is "blue":

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

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