How can PHP error reporting settings be adjusted to display parse errors instead of causing an internal server error (HTTP 500)?

To display parse errors instead of causing an internal server error (HTTP 500), you can adjust the error reporting settings in your PHP configuration. By setting the error_reporting directive to include E_PARSE, you can ensure that parse errors are displayed. Additionally, you can set display_errors to On to output errors directly to the browser.

// Adjust PHP error reporting settings to display parse errors
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_WARNING & E_PARSE);