Is there a way to stop loop inside switch?

[HardCoreMore]

Is there a way to stop loop inside a switch or i must use if instead of switch?

 

Example:

 

<?php

for( $i = 0; $i < 10; $i++ )
{
switch( $i )
{
	case 1:
	break;

	case 2:

		// break from loop here

	break;

	case 3:
	break;
}
}

?>


Thanks

[shlumph]

You could nest the operation inside of a function and return something when you want the operation to end.

[DavidAM]

break accepts an optional numeric argument which tells it how many nested enclosing structures are to be broken out of.

 

See the PHP online documentation for break

 

So in your case it would be:

for( $i = 0; $i < 10; $i++ )
{
switch( $i )
{
	case 1:
	break;

	case 2:
	// break from loop here
	break 2;

	case 3:
	break;
}
}

[HardCoreMore]

break accepts an optional numeric argument which tells it how many nested enclosing structures are to be broken out of.

 

See the PHP online documentation for break

 

So in your case it would be:

for( $i = 0; $i < 10; $i++ )
{
switch( $i )
{
	case 1:
	break;

	case 2:
	// break from loop here
	break 2;

	case 3:
	break;
}
}

 

 

Thanks!

[Zurev]

break accepts an optional numeric argument which tells it how many nested enclosing structures are to be broken out of.

 

See the PHP online documentation for break

 

So in your case it would be:

for( $i = 0; $i < 10; $i++ )
{
switch( $i )
{
	case 1:
	break;

	case 2:
	// break from loop here
	break 2;

	case 3:
	break;
}
}

 

Nice recommendation, I always used break to break out of loops, but never knew about the optional parameter!