What are the best practices for handling undefined index errors in PHP scripts?

When accessing an array element or variable that does not exist, PHP will throw an "Undefined index" error. To handle this error, you can use isset() or array_key_exists() functions to check if the index exists before accessing it. 

// Check if the index exists using isset()
if(isset($array['key'])) {
    // Access the value if the index exists
    $value = $array['key'];
} else {
    // Handle the case when the index is undefined
    $value = null;
}

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