Yes ash.. me too think the same... @ will supress any error which would have
lead to die()... so die() wont come ever....
Midhun Girish
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Ashley Sheridan
<ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 16:50 +0430, Parham Doustdar wrote:
>
> > Andre,
> > The @ operator is used for error catching statements. When you put:
> >
> > @mysql_connect('localhost', 'username', 'password') or die('Could not
> > connect.');
> >
> > If PHP fails to make a connection, the script execution is stopped, and
> the
> > error message between the apostrophes is given.
> >
> > And, I found out what the problem was; I should have put:
> >
> > if (mysql_num_rows($result))
> >
> > rather than just
> >
> > if ($result)
> >
> > Thanks!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andre Polykanine" <andre@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Parham Doustdar" <parham90@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 4:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: MySQL query not working!
> >
> >
> > > Hello Parham,
> > >
> > > Adding to Ash's question, why to use the @ operator before
> > > mysql_query?
> > > --
> > > With best regards from Ukraine,
> > > Andre
> > > Skype: Francophile; Wlm&MSN: arthaelon @ yandex.ru; Jabber: arthaelon
> @
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> > > Twitter: m_elensule
> > >
> > > ----- Original message -----
> > > From: Parham Doustdar <parham90@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 2:50:07 PM
> > > Subject: MySQL query not working!
> > >
> > > Hi there,
> > > Here is a snippet of code... that doesn't work for some reason. Please
> > > note
> > > that I have put some
> > >
> > > @mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
> > >
> > > statements, to see if MySQL gives an error. I receive nothing other
> than
> > > the
> > > file starting to download. This is supposed to be a file download
> counter:
> > >
> > > [code]
> > > <?php
> > > //connect to the DB
> > > mysql_connect() //There is no problem with the connection so I didn't
> > > include the complete code.
> > >
> > > //The table where the hits are stored.
> > > $table = "files";
> > >
> > > $query = "select * from " . $table . " where filename = '" .
> $_GET['file']
> > > .
> > > "'";
> > > $result = mysql_query($query);
> > >
> > > if ($result) //Has the file previously been added?
> > > {
> > > $query = "update " . $table . " set hits = hits + 1 where filename = '"
> .
> > > $_GET['file'] . "'";
> > > @mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
> > > header('location:http://www.qwitter-client.net/' . $_GET['file']);
> > > }
> > > else //it's the first time we're adding this file to the DB.
> > > {
> > > $query = "insert into " . $table . " (filename, hits) values ('" .
> > > $_GET['file'] . "', 1)";
> > > @mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
> > > header('location:http://www.qwitter-client.net/' . $_GET['file']);
> > > }
> > > ?>
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
>
>
> My understanding of the @ here would be that PHP won't register the
> error, so it won't ever die()
>
> Thanks,
> Ash
> http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
>
>
>
