The PHP continue statement is used inside the different loops to take control of the current iteration to the beginning of the loop if a certain condition is met.
The continue statement can be used with all types of loops like while, do-while, for, foreach, etc. The continue statement allows the user to skip the statements inside the body of the current loop at the specified condition.
PHP Continue Statement Syntax
continue;
PHP Continue Example with for loop
Example
<?php
for ($i =1; $i<=6; $i++) {
if ($i == 4) {
/* The continue statement is encountered when the value
* of i=4.
*/
continue;
}
echo "$i </br>"; //echo statement will not print anything when i=4.
}
?>
Output
1
2
3
5
6
2
3
5
6
PHP Continue Example with while loop
Example
<?php
$i=0;
while ($i<=10) {
if ($i == 4) {
/* The continue statement is encountered when the value
* of i=4.
*/
$i++;
continue;
}
echo "$i </br>"; //echo statement will not print anything when i=4.
$i++;
}
?>
Output
0
1
2
3
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
5
6
7
8
9
10
PHP Continue example with do while loop
Example
<?php
$i=0;
do {
if ($i == 4) {
/* The continue statement is encountered when the value
* of i=4.
*/
$i++;
continue;
}
echo "$i </br>"; //echo statement will not print anything when i=4.
$i++;
} while ($i<=10)
?>
Output
0
1
2
3
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
5
6
7
8
9
10