The break and continue both are used to skip the iteration of a loop. These keywords are helpful in controlling the flow of the program. Difference between break and continue:
- The break statement terminates the whole iteration of a loop whereas continue skips the current iteration.
- The break statement terminates the whole loop early whereas the continue brings the next iteration early.
- In a loop for switch, break acts as terminator for case only whereas continue 2 acts as terminator for case and skips the current iteration of loop.
Program 1: This program illustrates the continue statement inside a loop.Â
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<?phpfor ($i = 1; $i < 10; $i++) {Â Â Â Â if ($i % 2 == 0) {Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â continue;Â Â Â Â }Â Â Â Â echo $i . " ";}?> |
Output: 
Program 2: This program illustrates the break statement inside a loop.Â
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<?phpfor ($i = 1; $i < 10; $i++) {Â Â Â Â if ($i == 5) {Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â break;Â Â Â Â }Â Â Â Â echo $i . " ";}?> |
Output: Program 3: Using switch inside a loop and continue 2 inside case of switch.Â
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<?phpfor ($i = 10; $i <= 15; $i++) {Â Â Â Â switch ($i) {Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â case 10:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â echo "Ten";Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â break;Â
        case 11:            continue 2;Â
        case 12:            echo "Twelve";            break;Â
        case 13:            echo "Thirteen";            break;Â
        case 14:            continue 2;Â
        case 15:            echo "Fifteen";            break;    }Â
    echo "<br> Below switch, and i = " . $i . ' <br><br> ';}?> |
Output:
Let us see the differences in a tabular form -:
| Â | Break | Continue |
| 1. | The break statement is used to jump out of a loop. | The continue statement is used to skip an iteration from a loop |
| 2. |
Its syntax is -: break; |
Its syntax is -: continue; |
| 3. | The break is a keyword present in the language | continue is a keyword present in the language |
| 4. | It can be used with loops ex-: for loop, while loop. | It can be used with loops ex-: for loop, while loop. |
| 5. | The break statement is also used in switch statements | We can use continue with a switch statement to skip a case. |
