The Continue Construct
The continue construct allows you to skip the remaining part of the current loop iteration
and immediately move to the next iteration. It can be used in all types of loops:
for, while, do-while, and foreach.
After the continue command, you can specify a number that indicates how many nested loops should be skipped (default is 1).
Syntax
continue;
continue $level;
Example
Skipping even numbers in a loop:
<?php
for ($i = 0; $i < 5; $i++) {
if ($i % 2 == 0) {
continue;
}
echo $i;
}
?>
Code execution result:
13
Example
Using continue in a foreach loop:
<?php
$arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
foreach ($arr as $value) {
if ($value == 3) {
continue;
}
echo $value;
}
?>
Code execution result:
1245
Example
Using continue with a parameter to skip multiple nesting levels:
<?php
for ($i = 0; $i < 3; $i++) {
echo "i: $i\n";
for ($j = 0; $j < 3; $j++) {
if ($j == 1) {
continue 2;
}
echo "j: $j\n";
}
}
?>
Code execution result:
i: 0
j: 0
i: 1
j: 0
i: 2
j: 0
