PHP Continue Statement

The PHP Continue Statement

The PHP continue statement is used to skip the current iteration of a loop, and continue with the next iteration.

The continue statement is used in:

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

PHP continue in For Loops

The continue statement skips the current iteration in the for loop and continue with the next.

Example

Skip, and move to next iteration if $x = 4:

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

PHP continue in While Loop

The continue statement skips the current iteration in the while loop and continue with the next.

Example

Skip, and move to next iteration if $x = 4:

$x = 0;

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

PHP continue in Do While Loop

The continue statement skips the current iteration in the do...while loop and continue with the next.

Example

Skip, and move to the next iteration if $i is 3:

$i = 0;

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

PHP continue in Foreach Loop

The continue statement skips the current iteration in the foreach loop and continue with the next.

Example

Skip, and move to the next iteration if $value is "blue":

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

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