The break statement

• The PHP break keyword is used to terminate the execution of a loop prematurely.
• PHP break statement breaks the execution of the current for, while, do-while, switch and for-each loop. If you use break inside the inner loop, it breaks the execution of the inner loop only

The break statement is situated inside the statement block. It gives you full control and whenever you want to exit from the loop you can come out. After coming out of a loop immediate statement to the loop will be executed.

Syntax :

jump statement;  
break;  

PHP Break Example For : inside loop

Let's see a simple example to break the execution of for loop if value of i is equal to 6.

<?php  
for($i=1;$i<=10;$i++){  
echo "$i <br/>";  
if($i==6){  
break;  
}  
}  
?>  

Output

1
2
3
4
5
6

PHP Break Example For : inside inner loop

The PHP break statement breaks the execution of inner loop only.

<?php  
for($i=1;$i<=3;$i++){  
 for($j=1;$j<=3;$j++){  
  echo "$i   $j<br/>";  
  if($i==2 && $j==2){  
   break;  
  }  
 }  
}  
?>  

Output:

1 1
1 2
1 3
2 1
2 2
3 1
3 2
3 3

PHP Break Example For: inside switch statement

The PHP break statement breaks the flow of switch case also.

<?php      
$color="Red";      
switch($color){      
case "Black":      
echo("Color Is Black");      
break;      
case "Blue":      
echo("Color Is Blue");      
break;      
case "Red":      
echo("Color Is Red");      
break;      
default:      
echo("Color Is Not Blue, Black, Yellow");      
}     
?>      

Output:

Color Is Red