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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. To get time data
general
HTTP
$$
date()

2. To iterate over the values of an array
$_POST[]
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
not
===

3. 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

4. Function can you use to format a number with commas
date()
number_format()
not
$_REQUEST

5. PHP has two conditional: if and ______.
switch
function
+
loops

6. allows you to split strings based on more complex rules
the dollar sign $
associative array
Object
preg_split()

7. To get over quotation marks while using arrays
curly braces
ASP
E_STRICT
$_POST[]

8. Function that contains the highest value that rand() can have randomly
mysql_close($dbc)
general
nl2br()
getrandmax()

9. Used to check if a given variable has an "empty" value - no value or 0 or FALSE.
indexed array
empty()
Hex
strlen()

10. This will not show error reporting - it will be turned off.
defined()
null
error_reporting (0)
GET

11. does a certain action when called upon
===
$var++ and $var
function
function error_reporting()

12. To reset an array _______ the array() function to the array
^
int
strlen()
reassign

13. To declare a constant
Parse error
date()
define()
double quotes

14. a language in which to make querys to a database with
$_REQUEST
sql
true
include() and require()

15. identity
===
switch
unset()
addslashes()

16. $_SERVER - $_POST - $_GET - $_COOKIE - $_SESSION - $_ENV; special arrays.
the period; .
superglobal
decimal
$var++ and $var

17. What You See Is What You Get
sort()
curly braces
WYSIWYG
bin2hex()

18. _________ can be used in conditional statements to set precedence
getrandmax()
mysql_fetch_object()
predefined variable
parentheses

19. Used to encrypt values - it is a one-way encryption method
crypt()
str_word_count()
nl2br()
$var++ and $var

20. Used to create a substring (referred to as a token) from a larger string
POST
if/elseif/else and switch statements
<<
strtok()

21. Returns a character from a specified ASCII value
Notice
chr()
trim()
count()

22. To determine the amount of elements in an array
round() Function
fopen()
count()
floor()

23. bitwise AND
<?php
$_REQUEST
double quotes
&

24. To assign keys to the values in an array
array()
$array[] = item
!= inequality
boolean

25. Alias of rtrim()
chop()
mysql_close($dbc)
if/elseif/else and switch statements
function error_reporting()

26. Used to replace a substring with another string - it is not case-sensitive.
fopen()
str_ireplace()
strtok()
server-side programing

27. leading zero: 0100 or 0567
>>
octal
array
===

28. To put a dollar sign before a variable like $10 where 10 is the variable's value - you can escape the first dollar sign; $$cost; or you can use __________.
curly braces; ${$total}
urlencode()
Array
Warning

29. bitwise XOR
^
HTTP
unset()
wordwrap()

30. any programing language where the script is parsed on the server
SEO
+
Error
server-side programing

31. Active Server Pages
SEO
nl2br()
array
ASP

32. Document Type Definitions
error_reporting (E_ALL)
addcslashes()
DTD
1

33. The ouput of var_export((bool)"NULL");
underscores
true
htmlentities()
boolean

34. Used to check if a variable has any value (including 0 or FALSE or an empty string).
define()
nl2br()
octal
isset()

35. ___________ can be used with substr() to count backward
empty()
client-side programing
$_SESSION[]
negative numbers

36. Predefined constants such as __LINE__ or __FILE__ or __FUNCTION__ or __CLASS__ and __METHOD__
Parse error
Magic Constant
isset()
Warning

37. A data structure that can hold a number of items of data of the same type eg. a list of names
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
variable
Hex
array

38. Uses two arguments: constant name and constant definition
mysql
number_format()
define()
$_POST[]

39. equivalence
numbers
round() Function
==
if/elseif/else and switch statements

40. The seven main SQL (structured query language) functions are alter - create - delete - _______ - insert - select - update
true
single quotes
drop
octal

41. Control structure that continue exit - they perform specific statements for a determined number of iterations.
loops
array
$varname[key]
precedence

42. Use ________ to have multiple quotations in one string
function
decimal
substr_count()
the escape character ''

43. An array whose keys are numbers.
mysql_fetch_object()
mysql_close($dbc)
indexed array
the period; .

44. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key
asort()
Notice
mysql_close($dbc)
round() Function

45. Search Engine Optimization
SEO
predefined variable
the escape character ''
reassign

46. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
empty()
HTTP
ASP
strlen()

47. Use ______ when there are no variables in the string
array()
parentheses
single quotes
arsort()

48. To refer to an element in a multidimensional array list the indices in order of _____ to more precise;
string
null
drop
general

49. Used to find the amount of words in a string.
associative array
str_word_count()
number_format()
open source

50. To sort values of an array without regard to the keys
variable
sort()
$_SESSION[]
function error_reporting()