Re: Re: error-catching

You can write your own error handlers using set_error_handler(). Then, depending on the error code, you can decide whether you should display the error message, email it to you, log it, whatever. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.set-error-handler.php If you just want to hide the error message, there's nothing wrong with using @. J Gert Mellak wrote: >> $db_connect = mysql_connect($db_server, $db_user, $db_pass) or > die('Couldn't >> connect to database'); >> >> $db_open = mysql_select_db($db_name, $db_connect) or die('Couldn't select >> database'); > > well, I tried this out and if the mysql-server is down, I get the > "Warning: Unable to connect to mysql-server"-stuff. > > The only way I've found was to connect by @mysql_connect - but that's not > the fine style, yeah? > > Gert.