How can PHP developers improve their error reporting and debugging techniques to effectively address issues like the one described in the thread?

Issue: To improve error reporting and debugging in PHP, developers can use tools like error_reporting() to set the level of errors to display and log_errors to log errors to a file for later analysis. Additionally, using try-catch blocks can help catch and handle exceptions gracefully, providing more detailed information about the issue. Code snippet:

// Set error reporting level to display all errors
error_reporting(E_ALL);
// Log errors to a file
ini_set('log_errors', 1);
ini_set('error_log', 'error.log');

try {
    // Your PHP code that may throw errors or exceptions
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // Handle exceptions gracefully
    echo 'Caught exception: ' . $e->getMessage();
    error_log('Caught exception: ' . $e->getMessage());
}