difference between function foo() and function @foo()

[bluemagix]

any body tell me the diffrance between
function foo() and function @foo()

[Anyango]

Normally if function named foo generates any errors, and you called it like foo(), they will be sent to your website along with your other ehco statements, (ofcourse if error reporting is enabled).

But if you call the function as @foo() then errors generated by the function foo won't be sent to the output.

So simply using a @ sign before a function call will not output errors related to that function

Reference: [php.net...]

[edited by: Anyango at 7:22 am (utc) on Sep. 30, 2008]

[dreamcatcher]

@ is PHP`s error control operator. More info here:
[us.php.net...]

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