title: Meaning/purpose of the mysqli "at" symbol
body: <p>While reading the php documentation on the mysqli functions I came across some code that I wasn't sure what it meant:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$mysqli = @new mysqli('localhost', 'fake_user', 'my_password', 'my_db');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What does the "@" mean and what is its purpose?</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli.connect-errno.php" rel="nofollow">http://php.net/manual/en/mysqli.connect-errno.php</a></p>