it's used to ignore the error message of php. like if we add a session but we have add in the banner page or included page on top... then it will appear an error message... to prevent the page show the error and make it run the command... we use @. Larry Helms <larr_helms@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I've been programming in PHP now for a little over a year... and loving it. I didn't really understand OO programming that well (and it's still a little mystifying to me) until I got a hold of some PHP OO code. That aside... I've recently run into some code with LOTS of '@' in it. e.g. @somefunction(); OR @require_once (INCLUDE_PATH."config.php"); My question is... WHAT does the '@' mean and what affect does it have on processing? Thanks in Advance, Larr. PHP Data object relational mapping generator http://www.metastorage.net/ Yahoo! Groups Links Visit My Site : And Visit Clef's Site to : --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]