Fatal error: 'continue' not in the 'loop' or 'switch' context

Question

I am fairly sure that this error is caused by a PHP update, similar to this post (Fatal error: 'break' not in the 'loop' or 'switch' context in), I just don't know how to correct the code.

I'm getting this error:

Fatal error: 'continue' not in the 'loop' or 'switch' context in [template name] on line 32

Here is the code on line 32:

<h2><a href="<?php if(is_wp_error( $term_link )) {continue;} else {echo esc_url( $term_link );}  ?>"><?php echo $term_name; ?></a></h2>

How do I fix it?

Why do you need a `continue` that is not part of a loop? In which scenario does that make sense? — Nico Haase, Jun 24 '20 at 15:20
continue and break statements are the parts of a loop. Here you are not using any loop. please make sure you are using the loop ( for , while ). — Krishan Kumar, Jun 24 '20 at 15:28
I removed the entire line of code. Everything seems to be working fine now. Thanks for the advice! — More_of_an_SEO, Jun 24 '20 at 15:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '20 at 15:50

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You making this too complicated. Just invert the condition:

<h2><a href="<?php if (!is_wp_error( $term_link )) { echo esc_url( $term_link ); }  ?>"><?php echo $term_name; ?></a></h2>

answered Jun 24 '20 at 15:50

EricSchaefer

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