How does using exit(); to end a loop affect the overall script execution in PHP?

Using exit(); to end a loop in PHP will immediately terminate the script execution, not just the loop itself. This means that any code that comes after the loop will not be executed. To avoid this, you can use the break; statement to exit the loop without stopping the script execution. 

for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
    if ($i == 5) {
        break; // exit the loop without stopping the script execution
    }
    echo $i . "<br>";
}
echo "Loop ended successfully";

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