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Php Programming Basics

Subject : it-skills

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Control structure that continue exit - they perform specific statements for a determined number of iterations.
^
loops
strtok()
E_STRICT

2. Operators used to operate and assign
+= or -= or *= or /=
foreach
reassign
$$

3. a type with two possible values: true and false
boolean
the period; .
SEO
bin2hex()

4. To declare a constant
Hex
number_format()
str_ireplace()
define()

5. Function used to convert new lines in a variable from a form to <br /> tags so that the data can be formatted correctly.
nl2br()
addcslashes()
strtok()
general

6. Returns a string with backslashes in front of the specified characters
chr()
list()
sql
addcslashes()

7. This fatal fatal is caused by a semantic mistake: omission of a semicolon or imbalance of quotations or parentheses or braces.
foreach
control structure
GET
Parse error

8. Similar to mysql_fetch_array() - but cannot be accessed by integer offset
chr()
mysql_fetch_object()
if/elseif/else and switch statements
strlen()

9. To iterate over the keys and values of an array
chr()
crypt()
int
foreach loop

10. $_SERVER is a ________ variable.
fopen()
!= inequality
unset()
predefined

11. returns the number of matches found by a given search string under this format...
preg_match()
true
arsort()
index

12. Use ______ when there are no variables in the string
open source
Notice
indexed array
single quotes

13. This fatal error arises from memory allocation problem.
numbers
array_merge()
Error
parentheses

14. Creates a pointer to a file with the declared mode (read - write -etc.).
fopen()
bin2hex()
numbers
the period; .

15. Returns a string with backslashes in front of predefined characters
boolean
sort()
statement
addslashes()

16. bitwise left shift
fopen()
mysql
POST
<<

17. An array of variables passed in the URL
SGML
$_GET[]
&
str_ireplace()

18. The four main error types are:Notice - Warning - ________ and Error.
Parse error
array()
addcslashes()
int

19. To merge arrays
function
crypt()
include() and require()
array_merge()

20. Besides GET and POST ________ can be used to access data but $_POST and $_GET are more precise and therefore preferable.
Parse error
array
$_REQUEST
===

21. The concatenation assignment operator?
array()
.=
Error
sql

22. To refer to an item in an array
nl2br()
indexed array
$varname[key]
Object

23. The syntax for connecting to a database
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
preg_split()
ksort()
open source

24. Use _______ for passwords or pages that would not be bookmarked or pages that require security.
POST
double quotes
the dollar sign $
HTTP

25. Used to convert all HTML tags into their entity versions.
html_entity_decode()
htmlentities()
define()
DTD

26. To append elements to an array - this will assign item to the next available index; associative arrays get messy.
array_merge()
DTD
negative numbers
$array[] = item

27. The concatenation operator?
string
decimal
trim()
the period; .

28. The ouput of var_export((bool)"NULL");
true
+= or -= or *= or /=
mysql
Array

29. EXtensible Markup Language
XML
echo
array()
switch

30. container of ordered data elements
is_numeric()
octal
int
Array

31. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key - in reversed order
arsort()
predefined variable
str_word_count()
variable

32. a storage location in the computer's memory that has a type & a name and a contents
chop()
variable
nl2br()
error_reporting (0)

33. Used to check if a variable has a valid numerical value; strings with numerical values pass.
predefined
octal
is_numeric()
>>

34. Hyper Text Markup Language
HTML
precedence
<<
open source

35. _______ is a comparison operator
$array[] = item
WYSIWYG
!= inequality
list()

36. standard notation
round() Function
decimal
fopen()
echo

37. The seven main error reporting constants are: E_NOTICE - E_WARNING - E_PARSE - E_ERROR - E_ALL - _____ - E_DEPRECATED
array()
E_STRICT
strtok()
predefined

38. Used to display errors in a particular script - should be placed at top of script.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

39. Converts a string of ASCII characters to hexadecimal values
round() Function
bin2hex()
chop()
^

40. $_POST and $_GET are ________ variables.
predefined
$var++ and $var
!= inequality
crypt()

41. TRUE or FALSE
the dollar sign $
!= inequality
Error
boolean

42. An array of variables passed with <input /> data
Constant
$_POST[]
the escape character ''
negative numbers

43. To word wrap after a certain amount of characters.
wordwrap()
array()
$array[] = item
variable

44. To delete a variable or an element of an array
indexed array
$$
open source
unset()

45. Use ______ for search engines or catalogued pages or pages that would be bookmarked.
preg_match()
the dollar sign $
array()
GET

46. any programing language where the user must support the language the script is written in
addslashes()
include() and require()
client-side programing
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)

47. To close a connection between a database
mysql_close($dbc)
mysql
if/elseif/else and switch statements
date()

48. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key
function error_reporting()
asort()
PHP
shuffle()

49. When used the value can be passed safely through the URL (GET).
chr()
urlencode()
general
abs()

50. Returns a character from a specified ASCII value
int
chop()
wordwrap()
chr()