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The continue statement can be used to jump out of the current iteration of a loop, and continue with the next.


Continue in For Loops

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

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Move to next iteration if $x = 4:

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

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

Continue Example

Move to next iteration if $x = 4:

$x = 0;

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

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

Example

Stop, and jump to the next iteration if $i is 3:

$i = 0;

do {
  $i++;
  if ($i == 3) continue;
  echo $i;
} while ($i < 6);
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Continue in For Each Loop

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

Example

Stop, and jump to the next iteration if $x is "blue":

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

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