What are best practices for debugging PHP scripts that use AJAX queries for database updates?

When debugging PHP scripts that use AJAX queries for database updates, it is important to check for errors in both the PHP code and the AJAX request. To do this, you can use tools like browser developer tools to inspect the AJAX request/response, log any PHP errors to a file or console, and use try/catch blocks to handle exceptions in your PHP code. 

try {
    // Your database update code here

    // Send a success response back to the AJAX request
    echo json_encode(['success' => true]);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // Log the error to a file
    error_log('Error: ' . $e->getMessage());

    // Send an error response back to the AJAX request
    echo json_encode(['error' => 'An error occurred while updating the database']);
}

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