What's the difference between @file_put_contents() and file_put_contents()?

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I've come across some PHP that triggers file_put_contents() as follows:

@file_put_contents($path_name_to_write_to, $string);

What's the significance of @ before the function call - if any? How is this different from file_put_contents($path_name_to_write_to, $string); - if at all?

Thanks.

`@` is an error-suppression operator. The functions are the same. — Shankar Narayana Damodaran, Apr 19 '14 at 10:49
Ah, of course. Apologies about the duplicate post. Google is really bad for picking up for searches for '@ symbol PHP'. Thanks. — James Spittal, Apr 19 '14 at 11:47

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 19 '14 at 10:50

From PHP manual: "PHP supports one error control operator: the at sign (@). When prepended to an expression in PHP, any error messages that might be generated by that expression will be ignored."

Source: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.errorcontrol.php

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 19 '14 at 11:03

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As per the doc:

PHP supports one error control operator: the at sign (@). When prepended to an expression in PHP, any error messages that might be generated by that expression will be ignored.

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What's the difference between @file_put_contents() and file_put_contents()?

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