[RESOLVED] what is @ mean in this example?

[cupboy]

$handle = @fopen("/tmp/inputfile.txt", "r");

The function seems to work the same with or without the @ sign.

This is found in an example at http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.fgets.php

There is no explanation given there about what the @ sign does. Maybe it's just a mis-print.

Well, nevermind I found the answer here:

http://ist.marshall.edu/ist263/l27.html

[Weedpacket]

The manual's explanation is given in http://www.php.net/operators.errorcontrol