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		daremon on Aug 21, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bug #48669: PHP now includes GOTO About (1), what's wrong with break? (it also accepts a level e.g. break 3)

WilliamLP on Aug 21, 2009 [–]

Break 3 is really unclear about where it's going to take you, especially if the code is poorly formatted, and doubly especially if you decide later that you want change the code and put another loop in it.

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