recursive function breaking, pls help

[nyaconis8]

Here is the procedure: I'm getting:
Fatal error: Cannot break/continue 2 levels in d:\apache\htdocs\gamesite_dev\admin\show_messages.phtml on line 12

This is a function that recurses through a message board database. I pass in the connection, the message id and the level of the message in the recursion.

#---------------------begin snipet---------#
function print_threads($id, $level, $con) {

$sql = "SELECT body, uid, mid, parent_id, m_title, post_time, thread_id FROM mes_board WHERE parent_id='$id' ";

$res = mysql_query($sql, $con) or die ("Couldn't Execute Query");

$num_rows = mysql_num_rows($res);

if ($num_rows == 0) {
	//Do Nothing and return
	break;
	//exit;
} else {


  $row = mysql_fetch_row($res);

	$parent_id = $row["parent_id"];
	$story_id = $row["thread_id"];
	$mid =$row["mid"];
	$body = $row["body"];
	$m_title = $row["m_title"];
	$auth_id = $row["uid"];


	$post_time = $row["post_time"];
	$year = substr($post_time, 0, 4);
	$month = substr($post_time, 4, 2);
	$day = substr($post_time, 6, 2);

	$hour =  substr($post_time, 8,2);
	$minute = substr($post_time, 10, 2);

	$sql_get_poster = "SELECT u_nick, u_email FROM user WHERE uid='$auth_id'";

	$sql_get_poster_res = mysql_query($sql_get_poster, $con) or die ("Couldn't execute admin");

	$u_row =  mysql_fetch_array($sql_get_poster_res);

	$u_nick = $u_row["u_nick"];
	$u_email = $u_row["u_email"];

	if ($parent_id == $story_id) {
		$level = 0;
	}
	//Print shtuff out depending on the level
	if ($level == 0) {
	        $width= 100;

		echo "<div align=\"right\"><table border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"$width%\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\"> \n
		<TR> \n
			<TD BGColor=\"#339900\"> \n
				<div class=\"m_title\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$m_title</DIV> \n
			</TD> \n
			<TD bgcolor=\"#339900\"> \n
		 <DIV class=\"post_time\">$month-$day-$year&nbsp;&nbsp;$hour:$minute</DIV>
	</TD> \n
</TR> \n
<TR> \n
<TD colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#CACACA\">
	<font size=\"1\">Posted By:</font><a href=\"mailto:$u_email\" class=\"admin_email\">$u_nick</a>
</TD>\n
</TR>\n
<TR>\n
	<TD colspan=\"2\">\n
		$u_nick writes: \"<i> $body</i>\"
        </TD>\n
</TR>\n
<TR>
	<TD colspan=\"2\"> \n
		<a href=\"messageboardpost.phtml?sid=$story_id&pid=$mid\" target=\"new\">Reply to this message</a>\n
	</TD>\n
</TR>
</TABLE></div>

";
} else {

	$width -= 3;

	  echo "<div align=\"right\"><table border=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"$width%\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\"> \n
		<TR> \n
			<TD BGColor=\"#339900\"> \n
				<div class=\"m_title\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$m_title</DIV> \n
			</TD> \n
			<TD bgcolor=\"#339900\"> \n
		 <DIV class=\"post_time\">$month-$day-$year&nbsp;&nbsp;$hour:$minute</DIV>
	</TD> \n
</TR> \n
<TR> \n
<TD colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#CACACA\">
	<font size=\"1\">Posted By:</font><a href=\"mailto:$u_email\" class=\"admin_email\">$u_nick</a>
</TD>\n
</TR>\n
<TR>\n
	<TD colspan=\"2\">\n
		$u_nick writes: \"<i> $body</i>\"
        </TD>\n
</TR>\n
<TR>
	<TD colspan=\"2\"> \n
		<a href=\"messageboardpost.phtml?sid=$story_id&pid=$mid\" target=\"new\">Reply to this message</a>\n
	</TD>\n
</TR>
</TABLE></div>
";
}
//end else

    mysql_free_result($sql_get_poster_res);
$level += 1;
for ($count = 0; $count < $num_rows; $count++) {
print_threads($mid,$level,$con);
}

}
//END RECURSIVE ELSE
}
//end function

[yelvington]

There is nothing to "break" from. Perhaps you mean "return."

[Anon]

why do you solve the problem recursive. I would loop the nr of rows, something like

..
num_rows = mysql_num_rows($res);

for ($i=0; $i<$num_rows; $i++) {
..
..
..
..
}