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title: "Why do we put @ symbol before any variable?"  
description: "Why do we put @ symbol before any variable?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-06-13  
updated: 2020-09-20  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1059/why-do-we-put-symbol-before-any-variable  
category: "php"  
tags: ["php"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why do we put @ symbol before any variable?

@ symbol when placed before any variable will hide notices and warnings which are generated when trying to access an undefined variable.\

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

@ symbol when placed before any variable will hide notices and warnings which are generated when trying to access an undefined variable.\


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