[RESOLVED] @ function

[jeditdog]

I'm trying to configure PHPBB2 to integrate it with my own code. And I'm embarassed to say there's some syntax in the bulletin board that I've never seen before

$result = @mail($to, $this->subject, preg_replace("#(?<!\r)\n#s", "\n", $this->msg), $this->extra_headers);

I'm specifically wondering about the @mail() portion.

What does '@' in front of a fucntion name mean? It's hard for me to find an answer on this because searching in google on the character '@' isn't possible.

Thanks

[bradgrafelman]

The '@' is an error supressor, can be used on almost any function to silence any errors (i.e. not display a nasty PHP WARNING! message) or even on uninitialized variables (such as saying "@$_GET['hi']").

For more information, read the man page: [man]language.operators.errorcontrol[/man]