Overriding PHP.ini settings in Drupal's settings.php file

Here are a couple of useful tips for making development and debugging easier. I've written this primarily as a note for myself but maybe it'll prove useful to others as well.

To force PHP to display any errors in Drupal on screen instead of just 500 server error pages add these lines: -

ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL); ini_set('display_errors', 'stdout');

To up the memory limit add this line: -

ini_set('memory_limit', '64M');