There has been one thing that has driven me crazy since the begining days of my php programming. I understand that using @ to suppress errors can be useful. But what I don’t understand is why php would ever want to suppress a fatal error. Normally if @function() causes a fatal error, the error will still be displayed. However, if you do @include(’file’) and there is a fatal error in that file, you get a blank page.

So if you develop in php, please try to never suppress errors from an included file. There are other ways of catching warnings and displaying your own messages, but I need those fatal errors to help me to continue developing with your software.