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For example, to set the error reporting level of PHP to display all errors, you can use the following code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-title function_ invoke__\">ini_set<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-string\">'display_errors'<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>);\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This will display errors during runtime to make it easier to find and debug issues during the development process. Please note that the ini_set function only applies to the current script, so configuration options need to be reset in each script file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The `ini_set` function is used to set the value of PHP configuration options. It takes two parameters, the first one being the name of the configuration option to be set, and the second one being the value to be set. 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