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# break

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; } } ?>`

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