error_reporting = E_ALL | E_STRICT

You might notice that if you do a phpinfo() that php crashes the apache child.

Reason is a bug in php that causes an infinite loop.

You can solve this by setting "date.timezone =" to your timezone.

You can also set this in your script with ini_set() but I would go for the php.ini since thats a more permanent solution.

For a list of timezones check:
http://www.php.net/datetime

With this you can enable displaying errors in your browser and you can also save it to an error log if you want.

Note for PHP5.3 and above, E_ALL includes E_STRICT so you can leave out the "| E_STRICT" part.

ini_set('display_errors', 1);
ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1);
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL | E_STRICT);
# Optional
ini_set('error_log', '/data/www/marius/php_error.log');

You can also use these in your php.ini if you want.