avoid mysql error messages when connection error

[safra]

I just noticed my server has a connection problem with the mysql server.

How can I avoid that the mysql error warnings show up?

I tried:

if(!$db = mysql_connect("localhost", "user","pass")){
echo " bla bla";
}

However the error messages still show up?

Thanks,
Raoul

[bastien]

if (!($conn=mysql_connect($host, $vusername, $pwd)))  {
            printf("error connecting to DB by user = $vusername and pwd=$pwd");
            exit;
        }
       $db=mysql_select_db($dbname,$conn) or die("Unable to connect to database");

[bad76]

Hi,
your answer is "@"

if(!$db = @mysql_connect("localhost", "user","pass")){
echo " bla bla";
}

this will prevent error on standard output.

i hope this help.

[safra]

Thanks!

Bastien, thanks for responding. the extra pair of brackets do not seem to work, the mysql error is still printed

Bad76, '@' works great, thanks

Raoul