Break message in code.

Please forgive me, I am still rather new to coding in PHP. I have looked up this problem on the PHP.net site, and check my syntax, but I am just not getting it. Here is my problem: I am working on an email page that will vaildate that there is content in the variables, and respond if there is not. Here is the code to check the variable: If (empty ($sndrname)) { $error_report_msg = "Please provide a contact name.<br>"; error_msg_form($error_report_msg); break 1; } When this is run, the server returns the expected output, but adds the following below it: Fatal error: Cannot break/continue 1 levels in /home/igraph/public_html/rhc/inforeq.php on line 82 Line 82 is the break statement. This code was working at one, time, and I changed nothing other than PHP versions. Is there is change due to the versions that I didn't find? TIA, W. Andy Roche