The @ symbol

[Serge]

What does the @ symbol mean when it is used before a funtion just as:

PHP Code:

@copy() 

[noppid]

That supresses error messages from being displayed for that operation should any occur.

[filburt1]

Very dangerous to use, BTW, because you won't know what problems would be happening. Always capture it to a variable; for example:

PHP Code:

$result = @mysql_query("whatever");
if (!$result) weAllDieInFlames("now!");