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PHP

Posted by Shane McC
Shane McC
3,005 Points

PHP Array Looping Question

Hi Everyone,

I want to display certain information based upon what a specific variable is stating via an array. I'm have trouble doing so. What I'm trying to do in my below syntax is this, based on the states of Colorado and Delaware I want to display certain text but all other states I want to display other text. The below syntax is looping through all of the states which isn't what I want. I want this, if a state is "Colorado" I want to echo certain information and stop, not continue to loop. What am I doing wrong? Thanks

$cars = array ("Colorado", "Delaware","Alabama");

 foreach($cars as $key){
echo "$key".'<br>';

if($state == $key){

    echo "Write something about the state here".'<br>';

} else {

    echo "Write something else here".'<br>';

}

}

1 Answer

David Andrews
David Andrews
17,403 Points

Hey Shane,

To exit a loop in PHP use the break keyword.

Example

$cars = array ("Colorado", "Delaware","Alabama");

foreach ($cars as $key)
{
  // Code here
  if ($state == $key)
  {
      // More code;
      break;   <---- this will exit the foreach loop
  }
}

More details here

Shane McC
Shane McC
3,005 Points

Appreciate that, works great