PHP error suppression on static class function call

Question

I've got this call to Pear Mailer that gives me warnings not to be called statically but it works and I'm fully aware of that warning. Can I suppress it with an @ as I need other warnings?

$mail_smtp_public =& Mail::factory("smtp", $smtp_params_public);

These, obviously, do not work:

$mail_smtp_public =& @Mail::factory("smtp", $smtp_params_public); $mail_smtp_public =& Mail::@factory("smtp", $smtp_params_public);

Answer 1

Maybe try this:

@$mail_smtp_public =& Mail::factory("smtp", $smtp_params_public);

or

try {
    $mail_smtp_public =& Mail::factory("smtp", $smtp_params_public);
    if ($mail_smtp_public) {
        throw new Exception('Your other message');
    }
} catch(Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}