How to Use CFBreak to Break A Loop in CFML

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to break out of a cfloop, cfwhile loop, or cfforeach loop in CFML by using the cfbreak tag.

Code Example

As an example, let's create a loop from index 1 to 10. Once the index value is greater than or equal to 5, the cfbreak tag will be executed and break out of the loop, halting further output:

<cfloop index="i" from="1" to="10">
	<cfoutput>#i#</cfoutput>
	
	<cfif i gte 5>
		<cfbreak>
	</cfif>
</cfloop>

The resulting output will be:

1 2 3 4 5

Script Syntax

Here is the script syntax version to achieve the same output:

<cfscript>
	for (i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
		writeOutput(i);
		
		if (i >= 5) {
			break;
		}
	}
</cfscript>

Conclusion

That's it! cfbreak is highly useful for flow control and instances where you need to halt processing in a loop.