Are there any best practices for running PHP scripts directly on a server to avoid common issues like the ones mentioned in the thread?

Issue: One common issue when running PHP scripts directly on a server is exposing sensitive information in error messages, which can be a security risk. To avoid this, you can configure PHP to display errors only to a log file instead of showing them on the webpage.

// Set error reporting level and log errors to a file
ini_set('display_errors', 0);
ini_set('log_errors', 1);
ini_set('error_log', '/path/to/error.log');