Basic Statements and Expressions

Echo Statement
Variable Assignment
Literals
Loop Control Statements
1. Break Statement
2. Continue Statement

Echo Statement

The echo statement is used to output values.

echo 'Hello World!';
echo 123;
echo true;
echo LINEBREAK; // Outputs a new line

Variable Assignment

Variables can be assigned values using the = operator. Variables are dynamically typed.

myVariable = 10;
anotherVariable = 'some text';
booleanVariable = true;

Literals

PHP Script supports the following literal types:

Numbers: Integers and floating-point numbers.
```
number = 123;
floatNumber = 3.14;
```

Strings: Enclosed in single or double quotes.

singleQuoteString = 'Hello';
doubleQuoteString = "World";

Booleans: true and false.
```
isTrue = true;
isFalse = false;
```
Null: null.
```
emptyValue = null;
```
LINEBREAK: A special keyword representing a new line character.
```
echo 'Line 1' + LINEBREAK + 'Line 2';
```

Loop Control Statements

Break Statement

The break statement terminates the current loop immediately. It accepts an optional numeric level to exit multiple nested loops.

// Exit a single loop
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    if (i == 5) {
        break; // Exit the loop
    }
}

// Exit multiple nested loops
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    for (j = 0; j < 10; j++) {
        break 2; // Exit both loops
    }
}

See Control Flow for detailed examples and usage patterns.

Continue Statement

The continue statement skips the rest of the current loop iteration and continues with the next iteration. It accepts an optional numeric level to continue an outer loop.

// Skip to next iteration
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    if (i % 2 == 0) {
        continue; // Skip even numbers
    }
    echo i;
}

// Continue outer loop
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
    for (j = 0; j < 10; j++) {
        if (j == 5) {
            continue 2; // Continue outer loop
        }
    }
}