On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 15:41, Michael Shadle <mike503@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Daniel Brown <danbrown@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> The @ is an error control operator, used to buffer the output and >> store it in a variable - $php_errormsg. There's no way that would be >> changed to become an array designator (though that doesn't mean your >> idea itself is a bad one). > > @ squelches error messages. > > AFAIK $php_errormsg is the last error that PHP incurred. not based on "@" Correct. The way I worded it makes it sound like @ is what populates the variable, which would be incorrect. Plus, I should also mention that $php_errormsg is only available if you enable track_errors anyway, which (if I remember correctly) is off by default. Thanks for pointing that out, Mike. -- </Daniel P. Brown> Network Infrastructure Manager Documentation, Webmaster Teams http://www.php.net/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php