Difference between break and continue in PHP?
break ends a loop completely, continue just shortcuts the current iteration and moves on to the next iteration.
while ($foo) { <--------------------┐
continue; --- goes back here --┘
break; ----- jumps here ----┐
} |
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This would be used like so:
while ($droid = searchDroids()) {
if ($droid != $theDroidYoureLookingFor) {
continue; // ..the search with the next droid
}
$foundDroidYoureLookingFor = true;
break; // ..off the search
}