> If the box is down, then the information just won't be diplayed or I'll > display some sort of message saying it's down instead. So catching the > error > and ignoring it would be what I'm trying to do. > > What does the '@' in @mysql_connect() do? The '@' in front of a function call supresses and error messages that the function might produce. FYI - There is a Twin Cities PHP Users' Group. http://www.tcphp.org People on that list are cool too. Mark Courtney http://www.MarkCourtney.com __ +|oo|+ +|oo|+ || || || || || || _ || _ \\_||_// | [] | | || | / [] \ \______/ _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list