break ends execution of the current for, foreach, while, do-while or switch structure.
break accepts an optional numeric argument which tells it how many nested enclosing structures are to be broken out of.
<?php$arr = array('one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'stop', 'five');while (list(, $val) = each($arr)) { if ($val == 'stop') { break; /* You could also write 'break 1;' here. */ } echo "$val<br />\n";}/* Using the optional argument. */$i = 0;while (++$i) { switch ($i) { case 5: echo "At 5<br />\n"; break 1; /* Exit only the switch. */ case 10: echo "At 10; quitting<br />\n"; break 2; /* Exit the switch and the while. */ default: break; }}?>