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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. This will not show error reporting - it will be turned off.
mysql_close($dbc)
error_reporting (0)
client-side programing
array()

2. To counter htmlentities()
chop()
strip_tags()
ceil()
html_entity_decode()

3. function Function used to create a random number
rand()
urlencode()
echo
ceil()

4. $_POST Data sent using POST found is sent to _______
the period; .
superglobal
predefined variable
==

5. This will show all error reporting except for notice errors.
decimal
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)
^
$_REQUEST

6. The concatenation assignment operator?
.=
is_numeric()
arsort()
decimal

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

8. An array of variables passed in the URL
$_GET[]
true
negative numbers
$_POST[]

9. bitwise AND
numbers
index
&
array_merge()

10. To reset an array _______ the array() function to the array
foreach loop
reassign
control structure
rand()

11. Returns a string with backslashes in front of predefined characters
rand()
addslashes()
chr()
$_SESSION[]

12. either hasn't yet been set or is assigned NULL value
bin2hex()
null
$var++ and $var
loops

13. To get over quotation marks while using arrays
curly braces
error_reporting (E_ALL)
==
ASP

14. Used to create a substring (referred to as a token) from a larger string
$_GET[]
error_reporting (E_ALL)
strtok()
Constant

15. The seven main SQL (structured query language) functions are alter - create - delete - _______ - insert - select - update
preg_match()
numbers
drop
$varname[key]

16. To delete a variable or an element of an array
$_POST[]
unset()
chr()
the dollar sign $

17. This error arises from misusing a function.
number_format()
list()
numbers
Warning

18. The name of the #! used to designate the location of the PHP binary
nl2br()
Shebang
int
?>

19. The syntax for connecting to a database
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
reassign
abs()
Constant

20. ____ or key is referred to for a value within an array.
ceil()
client-side programing
null
index

21. searches the subject for matches to a given pattern replaced with the given replacement text
Object
^
preg_replace()
E_STRICT

22. To sort values of an array without regard to the keys
sort()
open source
error_reporting (E_ALL | E_STRICT)
Object

23. To include files - _______ will give errors and _________ will terminate execution().
include() and require()
client-side programing
ceil()
?>

24. Used to find the amount of words in a string.
XML
str_word_count()
boolean
$varname[key]

25. Use ______ when there are no variables in the string
PHP
single quotes
Hex
predefined

26. print $_SERVER will _____ work if you use the print function on arrays.
Constant
not
html_entity_decode()
date()

27. Returns a character from a specified ASCII value
arsort()
chop()
chr()
curly braces; ${$total}

28. Asynchronous Javascript And XML
int
AJAX
&
Notice

29. To get time data
string
date()
negative numbers
bin2hex()

30. used to round numeric values.
round() Function
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)
octal
not

31. To iterate over the keys and values of an array
boolean
foreach loop
.=
precedence

32. Alias of rtrim()
E_STRICT
array()
Magic Constant
chop()

33. _____ is a logical operator
XOR
fopen()
drop
Notice

34. This will show all error reporting.
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
+
asort()
error_reporting (E_ALL)

35. The order of operations.
precedence
drop
single quotes
XML

36. standard notation
array_merge()
DTD
decimal
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)

37. The three types of loops in PHP are: for - while - ____.
SGML
the dollar sign $
HTML
foreach

38. This fatal error arises from memory allocation problem.
Error
include() and require()
Object
htmlentities()

39. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key
$varname[key]
Object
asort()
XOR

40. $_POST and $_GET are ________ variables.
getrandmax()
foreach loop
predefined
int

41. signed floating-point value
E_STRICT
float
array()
boolean

42. Control structures that break exit
if/elseif/else and switch statements
predefined variable
statement
Object

43. To declare a constant
is_numeric()
define()
$var++ and $var
HTTP

44. addition
control structure
the dollar sign $
+
date()

45. Standard Generalized Markup Language
indexed array
SGML
error_reporting (E_ALL | E_STRICT)
urlencode()

46. The ouput of var_export((bool)"NULL");
true
reassign
mysql_close($dbc)
not

47. The array that stores variables specific to a user's visit
$_SESSION[]
ksort()
POST
AJAX

48. Converts a string of ASCII characters to hexadecimal values
Shebang
bin2hex()
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)
preg_match()

49. Besides GET and POST ________ can be used to access data but $_POST and $_GET are more precise and therefore preferable.
Notice
$_REQUEST
Magic Constant
$_POST[]

50. Used to encrypt values - it is a one-way encryption method
1
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)
crypt()
string