apache - php hide ALL errors

Question

what are the best practises for hiding all php errors? As I don't want ERRORS to show to the user.

I've tried using the .htacess by putting the code php_flag display_errors off in there, but it returns me a 500 error.

Are there any other methods that will hide all errors?

Answer 1

to Hide All Errors:

error_reporting(0);
ini_set('display_errors', 0);

to Show All Errors:

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);