Re: 'break' command question

Maybe I'm just stupid, but you may want to look in to the "Continue" command.. Jordan ""Chris Gray"" <grayt@netrover.com> wrote in message news:001301bfe818$60567080$3701a8c0@netrover.com... > There seems to be an inconsistency regarding 'IF' in the Break command > documentation. > > (From the manual) > break ends execution of the current if, for, while, or switch structure. > break accepts an optional numeric argument which tells it how many nested > enclosing structures are to be broken out of. > 1 > 2 $i = 0; > 3 while ($i < 10) { > 4 if ($arr[$i] == "stop") { > 5 break; /* You could also write 'break 1;' here. */ > 6 } > 7 $i++; > 8 } > 9 > > This 'break' really does break out of BOTH the IF and the WHILE (I tested a > similar script) > <? > $i = 0; > while ($i < 10) { > if ($i == 5) { > break; /* You could also write 'break 1;' here. */ > } > $i++; > echo "$i<br>"; > } > ?> > > Using 'break 2' produces this error --- > Fatal error: Cannot break/continue 2 levels in > /home/httpd/html/ggg/break.php on line 5 > > > Please forgive my ignorance if there is some arcane Unix explanation for > this. > Or have I totally misunderstood the example? > > Chris > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >