What are some common PHP error handling methods and best practices?

One common PHP error handling method is using try-catch blocks to catch exceptions and handle errors gracefully. By wrapping potentially problematic code in a try block and using catch blocks to handle specific exceptions, you can prevent your application from crashing and provide meaningful error messages to users. 

try {
    // Code that may throw an exception
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // Handle the exception
    echo "An error occurred: " . $e->getMessage();
}
```

Another best practice is to log errors to a file or database for later analysis. This can help you track down and fix bugs in your code more efficiently.

```php
// Set error reporting level
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// Set error logging to a file
ini_set('log_errors', 1);
ini_set('error_log', '/path/to/error.log');

// Trigger an error to test logging
trigger_error("An error occurred", E_USER_ERROR);

Keywords

try-catch error_reporting exception handling debugging error_log

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