Posted by Good Man on 05/17/05 16:43

"Angelos" <angelos@redcatmedia.net> wrote in news:d6ck7q$fo7$1
@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com:

>> MySQL errors aren't displayed anyway, unless you make a syntax error
>> when calling the function. To find out if MySQL returned an error you
>> need to use the mysql_error() or mysql_errno() functions.
>
> oh ok, didn't know that...
> I always use mysql_error() anyway...

the '@' is most valuable when you're requesting variables that have been
POSTed or REQUESTed:

@$Name = $_POST['Name'];

So, in case someone DIDN'T fill out the field 'Name', the script won't go
all ugly. It lets you handle errors gracefully. Without the @ in the
above line, the output would be "Notice: Undefined Variable 'Name'" or
something. Instead I can just add:

if ($vName=="") {
echo "Sorry, please fill out your name.";
exit;
}

.... to handle the error gracefully...

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