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Php Programming Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. standard notation
decimal
XML
PHP
Error

2. A conditional or loop is a ________________.
date()
control structure
sort()
WYSIWYG

3. What You See Is What You Get
DTD
&
string
WYSIWYG

4. Tag to end a php script
?>
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
nl2br()
DTD

5. The prefix for a dynamic variable - also known as a variable variable
str_ireplace()
precedence
PHP
$$

6. any programing language where the user must support the language the script is written in
mysql_close($dbc)
htmlspecialchars()
client-side programing
the escape character ''

7. TRUE or FALSE
integer
switch
if/elseif/else and switch statements
boolean

8. To iterate over the values of an array
addcslashes()
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
variable
Notice

9. Online applications and resources which are available to the general public with very few restrictions
sort()
variable
underscores
open source

10. The output of var_export((float)array(0));
!= inequality
1
indexed array
Object

11. Function used to find the absolute value of a number or numeric variable
!= inequality
integer
abs()
indexed array

12. To remove all HTML and PHP tags.
strip_tags()
===
sort()
array

13. All variables must begin with _________.
sort()
the dollar sign $
XML
predefined variable

14. Returns a string with backslashes in front of predefined characters
switch
addslashes()
rsort()
variable

15. To get time data
function error_reporting()
server-side programing
the dollar sign $
date()

16. Use ______ when a variable contains any amount of variables; in general.
bin2hex()
foreach
parentheses
double quotes

17. To sort by the keys while maintaining the correlation between the key and its value
===
decimal
index
ksort()

18. Operators used to operate and assign
+= or -= or *= or /=
indexed array
$_POST[]
XOR

19. An array of variables passed in the URL
is_numeric()
$_GET[]
Parse error
empty()

20. $_SERVER - $_POST - $_GET - $_COOKIE - $_SESSION - $_ENV; special arrays.
Notice
function
superglobal
the period; .

21. bitwise right shift
$_POST[]
>>
underscores
<?php

22. The ouput of var_export((bool)"NULL");
str_ireplace()
abs()
true
error_reporting (0)

23. To reset an array _______ the array() function to the array
reassign
addcslashes()
the escape character ''
true

24. a positive or negative number
integer
array()
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
0

25. Document Type Definitions
nl2br()
<?php
general
DTD

26. To close a connection between a database
mysql_close($dbc)
the escape character ''
ASP
count()

27. $_SERVER is a ________ variable.
mysql_fetch_array()
predefined
reassign
string

28. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key
asort()
==
indexed array
ceil()

29. To sort values of an array without regard to the keys
sort()
client-side programing
array()
$var++ and $var

30. Tag to begin a php script
predefined
<?php
Notice
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)

31. To determine the amount of elements in an array
mysql_fetch_array()
$_SESSION[]
Notice
count()

32. Hyper Text Markup Language
HTML
define()
statement
preg_match()

33. To counter htmlentities()
XML
>>
not
html_entity_decode()

34. The syntax for connecting to a database
!= inequality
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
isset()
single quotes

35. Used to remove any white space - spaces or newlines or tabs - from the beginning and end of a string - not the middle.
list()
array()
AJAX
trim()

36. An array whose keys are numbers.
XOR
indexed array
sort()
boolean

37. Alias of rtrim()
indexed array
chop()
getrandmax()
boolean

38. To iterate over the keys and values of an array
integer
array
foreach loop
$var++ and $var

39. Used to find the amount of words in a string.
error_reporting (0)
str_word_count()
isset()
single quotes

40. To set up error reporting
array
mysql
ASP
function error_reporting()

41. The array that stores variables specific to a user's visit
>>
$_SESSION[]
if/elseif/else and switch statements
the escape character ''

42. Control structures that break exit
SEO
if/elseif/else and switch statements
list()
html_entity_decode()

43. Function used to round up to the highest integer
statement
?>
ceil()
true

44. bitwise AND
&
str_word_count()
indexed array
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)

45. The order of operations.
indexed array
precedence
Parse error
preg_split()

46. Used to create a substring (referred to as a token) from a larger string
strtok()
Error
preg_replace()
+= or -= or *= or /=

47. PHP has two conditional: if and ______.
integer
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)
octal
switch

48. Similar to mysql_fetch_array() - but cannot be accessed by integer offset
mysql_fetch_object()
the dollar sign $
===
substr_count()

49. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HTTP
foreach
date()
preg_match()

50. To assign array element values to individual variables
+
list()
array_merge()
ceil()