continue-switch-in-loop-weirdness.php

<?php

$arr = array(1, 2, 3);
/**
* PHP Weirdness 1
* 'continue' acts like 'break' inside of a switch statement when inside of a loop
*  whereas 'continue' acts as expected inside an elseif block
*/
foreach ($arr as $item) {
    switch($item) {
    case 1:
        echo 'one';
        break;
    case 2:
        echo 'two';
        continue;
    case 3:
        echo 'three';
        break;
    }
    echo ' wasn\'t skipped' . PHP_EOL;
}
/**
* OUTPUT:
* one wasn't skipped
* two wasn't skipped
* three wasn't skipped
*/

// -------- VS. ---------- //

foreach ($arr as $item) {
    if ($item == 1) {
        echo 'one';
    } elseif ($item == 2) {
        echo 'two';
        continue;
    } elseif ($item == 3) {
        echo 'three';
    }
    echo ' wasn\'t skipped' . PHP_EOL;
}

/**
* OUTPUT: 
* one wasn't skipped
* twothree wasn't skipped
*/

// -------- FIX! ---------- //

foreach ($arr as $item) {
    switch($item) {
    case 1:
        echo 'one';
        break;
    case 2:
        echo 'two';
        continue 2;
    case 3:
        echo 'three';
        break;
    }
    echo ' wasn\'t skipped' . PHP_EOL;
}
/**
* end Weirdness 1
*/