what is @

[illusion]

Hi, can someone help me with this question? What does it mean if there is a '@' in front of a variable??

Thanks!!

[Randomizer]

well if you use "@" before the "$" it suppresses errors so there not displayed.

[illusion]

what do you mean? can you detail it a bit more please? I dont know a lot about PHP.

Thank you!

[laserlight]

Read the PHP Manual on the @ error control operator

[ShawnK]

An example would be:

@include("file.php");

If file.php doesn't exist, it won't display the error.

[Frederick]

A simple example and explination

$LoadPage = @include("whatever.php");
if (!$LoadPage) { echo "Page could not be found"; }

1. What the above does is assigns a varibale to the include statement.
2. If the page exists on the server where the path is specified, the page will load and ignore the leading variable assigned.
3. If the page can not be found or loaded, it will skip the include statement and default the to leading variable assigned to the statement.