note 124190 added to control-structures.switch

A note on continue, continue 2, and break: $a = [1, 2, 3]; foreach($a as $b) { switch($b) { case 1: echo 'a'; continue; case 2: echo 'b'; continue; default: echo 'c'; continue; } echo '0'; } // outputs a0b0c0 (and warns twice about continue in a switch statement) foreach($a as $b) { switch($b) { case 1: echo 'a'; break; case 2: echo 'b'; break; default: echo 'c'; break; } echo '0'; } // outputs a0b0c0 foreach($a as $b) { switch($b) { case 1: echo 'a'; continue 2; case 2: echo 'b'; continue 2; default: echo 'c'; continue 2; } echo '0'; } //outputs abc0 In short, continue and break will more or less behave the same (albeit the former throws out warnings), but continue 2 will end the loop iteration, and move to the next iteration (even if there is a block in the iteration after the switch statement). ---- Server IP: 208.43.231.9 Probable Submitter: 82.199.157.54 (proxied: 209.6.125.175) ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.switch.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/124190 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124190/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124190/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124190/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124190/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124190/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124190/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/124190 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/124190 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php