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Php Programming Basics

Subject : it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. To find how many substrings are in a string
fopen()
switch
substr_count()
true

2. Used to find the amount of words in a string.
precedence
str_word_count()
addcslashes()
$_GET[]

3. the most basic function in PHP used to output information to the page
XML
echo
Magic Constant
control structure

4. bitwise left shift
HTML
$_POST[]
1
<<

5. Control structures that break exit
underscores
if/elseif/else and switch statements
html_entity_decode()
associative array

6. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key - in reversed order
not
error_reporting (E_ALL | E_STRICT)
shuffle()
arsort()

7. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
server-side programing
superglobal
general
HTTP

8. $_POST and $_GET are ________ variables.
underscores
floor()
function error_reporting()
predefined

9. a language in which to make querys to a database with
Shebang
0
preg_match()
sql

10. bitwise XOR
string
preg_match()
Magic Constant
^

11. Variable names can begin with __________
floor()
reassign
variable
underscores

12. An array whose keys are strings; also known as a hash.
strlen()
Parse error
addslashes()
associative array

13. Function used to round up to the highest integer
Array
empty()
rand()
ceil()

14. Converts a string of ASCII characters to hexadecimal values
precedence
predefined
bin2hex()
Magic Constant

15. a positive or negative number
$_GET[]
!= inequality
error_reporting (0)
integer

16. A data structure that can hold a number of items of data of the same type eg. a list of names
numbers
rsort()
array
switch

17. _________ can be used in conditional statements to set precedence
parentheses
asort()
Notice
POST

18. bitwise AND
&
error_reporting (E_ALL | E_STRICT)
curly braces
trim()

19. All variables must begin with _________.
the dollar sign $
strtok()
==
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}

20. The four main error types are:Notice - Warning - ________ and Error.
ASP
error_reporting (0)
Parse error
trim()

21. container of both data and code
array
+= or -= or *= or /=
Object
+

22. The three types of loops in PHP are: for - while - ____.
foreach loop
foreach
sql
Parse error

23. print $_SERVER will _____ work if you use the print function on arrays.
not
open source
the dollar sign $
PHP

24. Hyper Text Markup Language
HTML
number_format()
array()
<<

25. To sort by the keys while maintaining the correlation between the key and its value
decimal
ksort()
unset()
Warning

26. Search Engine Optimization
SEO
rand()
string
Magic Constant

27. $_SERVER - $_POST - $_GET - $_COOKIE - $_SESSION - $_ENV; special arrays.
round() Function
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)
superglobal
Notice

28. addition
wordwrap()
client-side programing
Parse error
+

29. Returns a string with backslashes in front of predefined characters
Notice
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
Warning
addslashes()

30. any programing language where the script is parsed on the server
trim()
array()
$varname[key]
server-side programing

31. Used to convert all HTML tags into their entity versions.
htmlentities()
single quotes
null
asort()

32. To close a connection between a database
$varname[key]
mysql_close($dbc)
index
underscores

33. Besides GET and POST ________ can be used to access data but $_POST and $_GET are more precise and therefore preferable.
array
$_REQUEST
asort()
chr()

34. Hypertext Preprocessor - a server-side programing language used to create webpages
PHP
wordwrap()
POST
SGML

35. Returns a character from a specified ASCII value
rsort()
chr()
curly braces
indexed array

36. used to round numeric values.
round() Function
double quotes
<?php
shuffle()

37. To iterate over the keys and values of an array
curly braces; ${$total}
error_reporting (0)
foreach loop
mysql

38. Function that contains the highest value that rand() can have randomly
function
not
html_entity_decode()
getrandmax()

39. To declare a constant
htmlentities()
foreach
Object
define()

40. To remove all HTML and PHP tags.
empty()
strip_tags()
defined()
predefined variable

41. Used to convert certain HTML tags into their entity versions.
underscores
float
htmlspecialchars()
if/elseif/else and switch statements

42. This fatal error arises from memory allocation problem.
array
Error
$$
open source

43. container of ordered data elements
<?php
Array
sort()
octal

44. Use ________ to have multiple quotations in one string
the escape character ''
$_REQUEST
DTD
unset()

45. any programing language where the user must support the language the script is written in
reassign
wordwrap()
client-side programing
the escape character ''

46. Similar to mysql_fetch_array() - but cannot be accessed by integer offset
str_ireplace()
mysql_fetch_object()
<?php
ceil()

47. Function used to find the absolute value of a number or numeric variable
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)
abs()
include() and require()
foreach loop

48. This error arises from misusing a function.
==
&
Warning
shuffle()

49. Define(NAME,value)
Constant
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
float
str_ireplace()

50. To iterate over the values of an array
echo
isset()
urlencode()
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}