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Php Programming Basics

Subject : it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Active Server Pages
1
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
str_word_count()
ASP

2. To close a connection between a database
floor()
predefined
mysql_close($dbc)
indexed array

3. _________ can be used in conditional statements to set precedence
==
preg_replace()
Object
parentheses

4. To refer to an element in a multidimensional array list the indices in order of _____ to more precise;
strtok()
general
$_REQUEST
superglobal

5. Returns an array that corresponds to the fetched row of MySQL data and moves the internal data pointer ahead
Warning
mysql_fetch_array()
decimal
ceil()

6. Used to create a substring (referred to as a token) from a larger string
+= or -= or *= or /=
isset()
strtok()
>>

7. To word wrap after a certain amount of characters.
wordwrap()
function error_reporting()
mysql
string

8. The three types of loops in PHP are: for - while - ____.
numbers
arsort()
foreach
associative array

9. Uses two arguments: constant name and constant definition
date()
error_reporting (E_ALL)
predefined variable
define()

10. Tag to begin a php script
<?php
unset()
parentheses
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)

11. Asynchronous Javascript And XML
AJAX
preg_match()
XOR
substr_count()

12. _______ is a comparison operator
0
error_reporting (0)
!= inequality
strlen()

13. To determine the amount of elements in an array
count()
mysql
null
$_SESSION[]

14. Control structure that continue exit - they perform specific statements for a determined number of iterations.
Parse error
loops
client-side programing
curly braces; ${$total}

15. Creates a pointer to a file with the declared mode (read - write -etc.).
preg_split()
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
not
fopen()

16. Similar to mysql_fetch_array() - but cannot be accessed by integer offset
Object
mysql_fetch_object()
switch
&

17. Variable names cannot begin with _______
predefined variable
numbers
statement
sort()

18. When used the value can be passed safely through the URL (GET).
ceil()
urlencode()
wordwrap()
rsort()

19. Returns a character from a specified ASCII value
Warning
chr()
0
abs()

20. Alias of rtrim()
arsort()
chop()
<?php
Magic Constant

21. This will show all error reporting except for notice errors.
Constant
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)
sql
mysql_fetch_array()

22. Use ________ to have multiple quotations in one string
arsort()
1
urlencode()
the escape character ''

23. To create an array
drop
abs()
array()
nl2br()

24. All variables must begin with _________.
list()
the dollar sign $
define()
include() and require()

25. any programing language where the user must support the language the script is written in
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
foreach loop
client-side programing
rand()

26. Converts a string of ASCII characters to hexadecimal values
bin2hex()
associative array
!= inequality
mysql

27. The order of operations.
function error_reporting()
SGML
precedence
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}

28. To check if a constant is already declared
array_merge()
defined()
Notice
foreach

29. Hyper Text Markup Language
HTML
abs()
the dollar sign $
HTTP

30. To set up error reporting
addcslashes()
function error_reporting()
<<
empty()

31. a positive or negative number
Magic Constant
$var++ and $var
XML
integer

32. Besides GET and POST ________ can be used to access data but $_POST and $_GET are more precise and therefore preferable.
$_REQUEST
curly braces
int
include() and require()

33. To sort values of an array in reversed order
!= inequality
rsort()
Hex
POST

34. either hasn't yet been set or is assigned NULL value
null
==
ASP
octal

35. To delete a variable or an element of an array
<?php
list()
crypt()
unset()

36. To get time data
date()
XML
$_GET[]
HTML

37. The ouput of var_export((bool)"NULL");
1
true
SEO
curly braces; ${$total}

38. To sort values of an array without regard to the keys
fopen()
decimal
sort()
html_entity_decode()

39. function Function used to create a random number
curly braces; ${$total}
SGML
ASP
rand()

40. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key
asort()
crypt()
rand()
associative array

41. a storage location in the computer's memory that has a type & a name and a contents
$_POST[]
strip_tags()
Magic Constant
variable

42. An array whose keys are numbers.
include() and require()
$_SESSION[]
indexed array
mysql

43. To get over quotation marks while using arrays
arsort()
==
curly braces
underscores

44. Leading 0x: 0x13F or 0xA23
echo
Hex
variable
array()

45. signed floating-point value
float
Parse error
boolean
string

46. bitwise right shift
HTTP
>>
drop
htmlentities()

47. This will not show error reporting - it will be turned off.
bin2hex()
error_reporting (0)
SEO
nl2br()

48. This error refers to a variable with no value.
Notice
ksort()
array()
statement

49. searches the subject for matches to a given pattern replaced with the given replacement text
control structure
$var++ and $var
preg_replace()
indexed array

50. a line of information that can be stored in a variable or used in a function or statement
Parse error
WYSIWYG
open source
string