Re: fopen

the @ before the fopen just tells php to suppress the error message if it can't open the file. that's all it does. "John Taylor-Johnston" <taylorjo@collegesherbrooke.qc.ca> wrote in message news:3E667896.E7660ADE@collegesherbrooke.qc.ca... > #http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php > > $contents = fopen ("/home/pathto/file.txt", "r"); > > if ($contents){echo"<textarea>$contents</textarea>";} > else{echo "no contents there";} > > Questions: > What is the use of "@fopen"? > Does anyone see a better way? >