What are common debugging strategies for PHP scripts when encountering issues with variable output?

When encountering issues with variable output in PHP scripts, common debugging strategies include checking for typos in variable names, ensuring variables are properly initialized and assigned values, using echo or var_dump to inspect variable values, and using error_reporting to display any errors or notices. 

// Check for typos in variable names
$variable = "Hello World";
echo $varible; // This will output nothing because of the typo in the variable name

// Ensure variables are properly initialized and assigned values
$number = 10;
echo $number; // This will output 10

// Use echo or var_dump to inspect variable values
$name = "Alice";
echo $name; // This will output "Alice"
var_dump($name); // This will output string(5) "Alice"

// Use error_reporting to display any errors or notices
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);

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