PHP Continue Statement

The PHP Continue Statement

The PHP continue statement is used to skip the current iteration of a loop, and continue with the next iteration.

The continue statement is used in:

• for loops
• while loops
• do...while loops
• foreach loops

PHP continue in For Loops

The continue statement skips the current iteration in the for loop and continue with the next.

for ($x = 0; $x < 10; $x++) {
  if ($x == 4) {
    continue;
  }
  echo "The number is: $x <br>";
}

PHP continue in While Loop

The continue statement skips the current iteration in the while loop and continue with the next.

$x = 0;

while($x < 10) {
  if ($x == 4) {
    continue;
  }
  echo "The number is: $x <br>";
  $x++;
}

PHP continue in Do While Loop

The continue statement skips the current iteration in the do...while loop and continue with the next.

$i = 0;

do {
  $i++;
  if ($i == 3) continue;
  echo $i;
} while ($i < 6);

PHP continue in Foreach Loop

The continue statement skips the current iteration in the foreach loop and continue with the next.

$colors = array("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");

foreach ($colors as $value) {
  if ($value == "blue") continue;
  echo "$value<br>";
}