diff --git a/dblayeroo.php b/dblayeroo.php
index 7db82f6..13a3796 100644
--- a/dblayeroo.php
+++ b/dblayeroo.php
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ class dblayeroo
       if (! key_exists ($field, $this->fields))
         $this->DBException ("Invalid setRealType provided : ".
           "field '$field' doesn't exists");
-      list ($func, $param) = explode ("(", $realType);
+      @list ($func, $param) = explode ("(", $realType);
       $func = trim ($func);
       $method = "checkRealType_".$func;
       if (! method_exists ($this, $method))
@@ -2941,7 +2941,7 @@ class dblayeroo
       elseif (key_exists ($field, $this->realTypes))
       {
         $val = trim ($values[$field]);
-        list ($func, $param) = explode ("(", $this->realTypes[$field]);
+        @list ($func, $param) = explode ("(", $this->realTypes[$field]);
         $func = trim ($func);
         $method = "checkRealType_".$func;
         $res = $this->$method ($val, $this->realTypes[$field]);