|  | Posted by petersprc on 01/15/07 20:42 
You can probably see what the problem is by settingerror_reporting(E_ALL) and removing the @ sign which is used to
 suppress error messages. More info on the error suppression operator:
 
 http://us3.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.errorcontrol.php
 
 Kronalias wrote:
 > Hi - could a guru please help?
 >
 > I'm trying to trap errors when I try to load a url into an array. I can
 > trap all errors by using this code:
 >
 > if ( @file($url) == false ){
 >   got a problem;
 > }
 >
 > ... but then I don't know whether the problem is that the url file
 > doesn't exist, or whether it's just a temporary failure in name
 > resolution.
 >
 > 1. Is there a way to find out what the problem is?
 >
 > 2. I apologise for this question, and my only defence is that I'm a
 > newbie! Could someone please explain what the '@' in my code above
 > does? I've been rtfming and googling until I'm blue in the face, but I
 > can't figure it out...
 >
 > Thanks in advance for not yelling at me...
 >
 > Regards, Kronalias
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