# @ operator in PHP

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**Created:** [January 17, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/operator-in-php/175711 "2006-01-17T03:55:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sinister\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sinister\_Shadow](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Sinister_Shadow)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/operator-in-php/175711/1 "2006-01-17T03:55:50Z")

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Can someone please explain to me what the @ operator means in PHP?

I’ve seen it in use in several locations but haven’t managed to find an explanation

e.g.

```php
@OCIExecute($parsed, OCI_DEFAULT); //Using Oracle through PHP

```