I've seen function calls preceded with an at symbol to switch off warnings. Today I was skimming some code and found this:
$hn = @$_POST['hn'];
What good will it do here?
Edit: corrected my mistake in naming the symbol. Thanks for pointing it.
But it is used before a variable name not a function.
Majid
2010-08-23 20:45:41
@Majid: See my update please.
Sarfraz
2010-08-23 20:48:30
if `hn` is not set in $_POST, it will throw a notice (`Notice: undefined index...`). `@` will suppress that notice. But using `@` is just wrong.
robertbasic
2010-08-23 20:49:36
Understand now. Thank you Sarfaraz. Hope your people could put the flood behind them soon.
Majid
2010-08-23 20:57:36
@Majid: Welcome :)
Sarfraz
2010-08-23 21:01:10
"PHP6 Note" —— that makes **no** sense.
salathe
2010-08-23 21:25:12
+3
A:
It won't throw a warning if $_POST['hn'] is not set.
Tyson of the Northwest
2010-08-23 20:47:39
+1
A:
All that means is that, if $_POST['hn'] is not defined, then instead of throwing an error or warning, PHP will just assign NULL to $hn.
SenorPuerco
2010-08-23 20:48:09
+1
A:
It suppress warning if $_POST['something'] is not defined.
aromawebdesign.com
2010-08-23 20:51:41