cvs: phpdoc /en/language control-structures.xml

rasmus Tue May 27 10:21:55 2003 EDT Modified files: /phpdoc/en/language control-structures.xml Log: Document the fact that continue applies to switch Index: phpdoc/en/language/control-structures.xml diff -u phpdoc/en/language/control-structures.xml:1.71 phpdoc/en/language/control-structures.xml:1.72 --- phpdoc/en/language/control-structures.xml:1.71 Wed May 21 18:37:51 2003 +++ phpdoc/en/language/control-structures.xml Tue May 27 10:21:55 2003 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- $Revision: 1.71 $ --> +<!-- $Revision: 1.72 $ --> <chapter id="control-structures"> <title>Control Structures</title> @@ -679,6 +679,14 @@ skip the rest of the current loop iteration and continue execution at the beginning of the next iteration. </simpara> + <note> + <simpara> + Note that in PHP the + <link linkend="control-structures.switch">switch</link> statement is + considered a looping structure for the purposes of + <literal>continue</literal>. + </simpara> + </note> <simpara> <literal>continue</literal> accepts an optional numeric argument which tells it how many levels of enclosing loops it should skip @@ -724,6 +732,15 @@ on which value it equals to. This is exactly what the <literal>switch</literal> statement is for. </simpara> + <note> + <simpara> + Note that unlike some other languages, the + <link linkend="control-structures.continue">continue</link> statement + applies to switch and acts similar to <literal>break</literal>. If you + have a switch inside a loop and wish to continue to the next iteration of + the outer loop, use <literal>continue 2</literal>. + </simpara> + </note> <para> The following two examples are two different ways to write the same thing, one using a series of <literal>if</literal>