the @ before the fopen just tells php to suppress the error message if it can't open the file. that's all it does.
"John Taylor-Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > #http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php > > $contents = fopen ("/home/pathto/file.txt", "r"); > > if ($contents){echo"<textarea>$contents</textarea>";} > else{echo "no contents there";} > > Questions: > What is the use of "@fopen"? > Does anyone see a better way? > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
