diff --git a/reference/filesystem/functions/fgets.xml b/reference/filesystem/functions/fgets.xml
index 1d33360b21..2c178094cf 100644
--- a/reference/filesystem/functions/fgets.xml
+++ b/reference/filesystem/functions/fgets.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.13 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.14 $ -->
 <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/filesystem.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
   <refentry id="function.fgets">
    <refnamediv>
@@ -40,12 +40,14 @@
       <programlisting role="php">
 <![CDATA[
 <?php
-$handle = fopen("/tmp/inputfile.txt", "r");
-while (!feof($handle)) {
-    $buffer = fgets($handle, 4096);
-    echo $buffer;
+$handle = @fopen("/tmp/inputfile.txt", "r");
+if ($handle) {
+    while (!feof($handle)) {
+        $buffer = fgets($handle, 4096);
+        echo $buffer;
+    }
+    fclose($handle);
 }
-fclose($handle);
 ?>
 ]]>
       </programlisting>