[horde] offtopic: syntax issues

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Nico Galoppo <scratch at ace.ulyssis.org>:

> I'm sorry this is not really horde related, but I've only seen this
> syntax in Horde apps so far, and I can't find any info on it anywhere:
> 
> _("Foo")

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.gettext.php (_() is an alias that most 
gettext implementations provide)

> What does it do in extra to "Foo"? Also, calling a function with @
> prepended seems to come back now and then. I've read about it somewhere
> before, but I can't find it anymore. Is it similar to the ancient '@echo
> off' DOS technology? ;)

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.errorcontrol.php

-chuck

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