How is @mysql_query different from mysql_query ?

[john99999]

What does the @ mean in front of mysql_query?
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How is @mysql_query different from mysql_query ?

 

[kenrbnsn]

The '@' infront of any PHP statement surpresses any error messages that the statement may incur.

There is no difference between mysql_query() and @mysql_query() except for the above.

Ken

 

[sleipnir214]

From the PHP online manual:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.errorcontrol.php

I have found that use of the "@" error-control operator is, in general, a bad idea. This from the above page:

Currently the "@" error-control operator prefix will even disable error reporting for critical errors that will terminate script execution. Among other things, this means that if you use "@" to suppress errors from a certain function and either it isn't available or has been mistyped, the script will die right there with no indication as to why.

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