Difference between break and continue in PHP?

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break ends a loop completely, continue just shortcuts the current iteration and moves on to the next iteration.

while ($foo) {   <--------------------┐
    continue;    --- goes back here --┘
    break;       ----- jumps here ----┐
}                                     |
                 <--------------------┘

This would be used like so:

while ($droid = searchDroids()) {
    if ($droid != $theDroidYoureLookingFor) {
        continue; // ..the search with the next droid
    }

    $foundDroidYoureLookingFor = true;
    break; // ..off the search
}

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