What are some best practices for debugging PHP code effectively?

Issue: Debugging PHP code effectively requires using tools like error reporting, logging, and step-by-step debugging techniques. Code snippet: 

// Enable error reporting for debugging
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);

// Log errors to a file
ini_set('log_errors', 1);
ini_set('error_log', 'error.log');

// Use var_dump() or print_r() to inspect variable values
$variable = "Hello, World!";
var_dump($variable);

// Use step-by-step debugging with tools like Xdebug or PhpStorm
// to trace through code execution and identify issues

Keywords

Xdebug var_dump error_reporting stack trace breakpoints

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