@ symbol before php function

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I'm don't understand what mean @ symbol before php function for example: @mysql_query(), if someone know please explain for me.

its is used to suppress PHP Error – Baba Sep 26 '12 at 16:12 — Baba, Sep 26 '12 at 16:12

score 25 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 26 '12 at 16:12

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It's the error suppression operator, normally not a good idea to use it as you should be trapping errors cleanly rather than simply hiding them

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score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 26 '12 at 16:12

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It will silent error messages. See http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.errorcontrol.php

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 26 '12 at 16:14

It means that if an error is generated by that function, it is not shown. It suppresses the error so to say. As the PHP manual states:

PHP supports one error control operator: the at sign (@). When prepended to an expression in PHP, any error messages that might be generated by that expression will be ignored.

Look here for more information: http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.errorcontrol.php

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