Difference between break and continue in PHP

The break and continue both are used to skip the iteration of a loop. These keywords are helpful in controlling the flow of the program.

Difference between break and continue:

The break statement terminates the whole iteration of a loop whereas continue skips the current iteration.
The break statement terminates the whole loop early whereas the continue brings the next iteration early.
In a loop for switch, break acts as terminator for case only whereas continue 2 acts as terminator for case and skips the current iteration of loop.

Program 1: This program illustrates the continue statement inside a loop.

<?php 
for ($i = 1; $i < 10; $i++) { 
    if ($i % 2 == 0) { 
        continue; 
    } 
    echo $i . " "; 
} 
?> 

Output:
forContinue

Program 2: This program illustrates the break statement inside a loop.

<?php 
for ($i = 1; $i < 10; $i++) { 
    if ($i == 5) { 
        break; 
    } 
    echo $i . " "; 
} 
?> 

Output:
forBreak

Program 3: Using switch inside a loop and continue 2 inside case of switch.

<?php 
for ($i = 10; $i <= 15; $i++) { 
    switch ($i) { 
        case 10: 
            echo "Ten"; 
            break; 
  
        case 11: 
            continue 2; 
  
        case 12: 
            echo "Twelve"; 
            break; 
  
        case 13: 
            echo "Thirteen"; 
            break; 
  
        case 14: 
            continue 2; 
  
        case 15: 
            echo "Fifteen"; 
            break; 
    } 
  
    echo "<br> Below switch, and i = " . $i . ' <br><br> '; 
} 
?> 

Output:
loopSwitchContinue

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