note 29314 added to language.operators.errorcontrol

The @ operator sets the error_reporting() value to 0. This means you can use it with your own Error Handler too. for example: function userErrorHandler($errno, $errmsg, $filename, $linenum, $vars) { if (error_reporting()) echo $errmsg; } set_error_handler("userErrorHandler"); function test(){ trigger_error("Error Message", E_USER_WARNING); } @test(); // doesn't output anything -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.errorcontrol.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+29314 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+29314 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+29314