Difference between break and continue in PHP?

break exits the loop you are in, continue starts with the next cycle of the loop immediatly.

Example:

$i = 10;
while (--$i)
{
    if ($i == 8)
    {
        continue;
    }
    if ($i == 5)
    {
        break;
    }
    echo $i . "\n";
}

will output:

9
7
6

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
}