What is the meaning of @ in @file

[SmartPHP]

can someone tell me what is the meaning of @ if i say @file or @ora_parse etc.

[abertay]

hi pal,

@ is an error suppression operator.Genera lly used to display our own
(User specified) error messages.

Here is the sample code ....

// Connect to the database server
$dbcnx = @mysql_connect( "localhost" , "root", "");

if(!$dbcnx)
{
echo "<P>Unable to connect to the database server at this time.</P>";
exit();
}