Is there a exit function instead of exit

[linda_says]

Is there a exit function in php?
I know there's an "exit" but this exit totally stop the script, without completing closing the html tag all these. So I was wondering is there something like exit the function only, jump out of the function and continue with the code?

[theslinky]

To "jump out of a function" use return. It's a good idea to return "something" like: return 1 or return null or return false to indicate why the return occurred.

use break for conditions.

you can use die() as an alternate to exit so it's msgs get logged. but die will do exactly what exit does: just quit without doing anything else :-)

-sridhar