How can a PHP developer efficiently handle situations where a condition is met and further execution needs to be stopped?

When a condition is met and further execution needs to be stopped in PHP, the developer can use the `exit()` or `die()` functions to immediately terminate the script. These functions can be called with an optional message that can be displayed before exiting the script. 

if ($condition) {
    // Further execution needs to be stopped
    exit("Condition met, stopping further execution");
}
// Code here will not be executed if the condition is met

Keywords

conditional statements break exit die halt

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