what does @ means before include or require

error-suppression, operators, php

Solution

`@` is the shut-up operator. If something goes wrong, no error message will be shown. It's usually a bad practice to use it; first because error messages happen for a good reason, and second because it's ridiculously slow for what it does.

It's roughly equivalent to wrapping the statement in:

$oldErrorLevel = error_reporting(0);
// the statement
error_reporting($oldErrorLevel);

Here's the link to the PHP manual page documenting it.

Problem

i wonder what does @ means when we use it before include or require in php ?! such as : ``` @include('block.php'); ``` maybe its a noob question , but i need to know it guys ?! so sorry for that

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