Question

I’m wondering if it is possible in PHP to create a custom break command/function.

For example,

<?php
$custombreak = create_function('$a', 'if ($a == 3) break 1;');

$i = 0;
do {

    echo $i . '<br />';
    $i++;
    $custombreak($i);    //<-- I'd like to break the loop with a custom function.
    // if ($i==3)        //<-- this is not what I'm looking for
    //    break;      

} while ($i < 10);
?>

This is not valid PHP code but I hope you get what I’m trying to say. I’d like to escape the loop with the function.

Answer 1

I found a way with Exceptions.

$i = 0;
try {
    do {
        $i++;
        echo $i . '<br />';
        custombreak($i);
    } while ($i <= 10);
} catch (Exception $e) {}

function custombreak($i) {
    if ($i > 3) throw new Exception("");
}

Thanks all.