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Php Programming Basics

Subject : it-skills

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The concatenation assignment operator?
$_POST[]
XML
.=
==

2. collection of binary data
the dollar sign $
floor()
rand()
string

3. either hasn't yet been set or is assigned NULL value
<?php
chr()
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
null

4. Use _______ for passwords or pages that would not be bookmarked or pages that require security.
mysql_fetch_array()
statement
POST
getrandmax()

5. To counter htmlentities()
shuffle()
?>
html_entity_decode()
boolean

6. Used to replace a substring with another string - it is not case-sensitive.
negative numbers
$$
str_ireplace()
!= inequality

7. equivalence
sort()
html_entity_decode()
==
.=

8. To reorganise the array randomly
urlencode()
XOR
shuffle()
not

9. Alias of rtrim()
list()
chop()
error_reporting (E_ALL)
&

10. a positive or negative number
.=
Shebang
$_POST[]
integer

11. Returns a string with backslashes in front of predefined characters
if/elseif/else and switch statements
wordwrap()
<<
addslashes()

12. To iterate over the keys and values of an array
str_ireplace()
foreach loop
function error_reporting()
curly braces

13. To determine the amount of elements in an array
round() Function
if/elseif/else and switch statements
count()
$_POST[]

14. Define(NAME,value)
PHP
float
error_reporting (E_ALL)
Constant

15. When used the value can be passed safely through the URL (GET).
function
unset()
preg_replace()
urlencode()

16. Used to check if a variable has a valid numerical value; strings with numerical values pass.
define()
if/elseif/else and switch statements
is_numeric()
strtok()

17. $_SERVER - $_POST - $_GET - $_COOKIE - $_SESSION - $_ENV; special arrays.
superglobal
foreach loop
mysql_fetch_array()
statement

18. To close a connection between a database
E_STRICT
mysql_close($dbc)
1
<?php

19. leading zero: 0100 or 0567
array
single quotes
octal
decimal

20. bitwise left shift
rand()
mysql_close($dbc)
<<
addslashes()

21. ____ or key is referred to for a value within an array.
index
boolean
$var++ and $var
switch

22. container of both data and code
function error_reporting()
boolean
true
Object

23. identity
crypt()
===
open source
==

24. Tag to end a php script
!= inequality
+
?>
error_reporting (E_ALL)

25. To set up error reporting
>>
asort()
unset()
function error_reporting()

26. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key
ksort()
error_reporting (E_ALL)
asort()
^

27. What You See Is What You Get
int
WYSIWYG
0
associative array

28. Function can you use to format a number with commas
array_merge()
preg_replace()
$_REQUEST
number_format()

29. To remove all HTML and PHP tags.
<?php
nl2br()
strip_tags()
unset()

30. To assign array element values to individual variables
error_reporting (E_ALL | E_STRICT)
htmlentities()
list()
boolean

31. function Function used to create a random number
string
substr_count()
count()
rand()

32. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HTTP
getrandmax()
the dollar sign $
+

33. a language in which to make querys to a database with
isset()
E_STRICT
Warning
sql

34. The array that stores variables specific to a user's visit
SEO
$_SESSION[]
string
string

35. The seven main error reporting constants are: E_NOTICE - E_WARNING - E_PARSE - E_ERROR - E_ALL - _____ - E_DEPRECATED
unset()
function
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)
E_STRICT

36. Used to check if a variable has any value (including 0 or FALSE or an empty string).
isset()
string
is_numeric()
chop()

37. $_POST Data sent using POST found is sent to _______
==
+
integer
predefined variable

38. The four main error types are:Notice - Warning - ________ and Error.
number_format()
Parse error
XML
switch

39. container of ordered data elements
strtok()
server-side programing
numbers
Array

40. the most basic function in PHP used to output information to the page
number_format()
Parse error
urlencode()
echo

41. To refer to an element in a multidimensional array list the indices in order of _____ to more precise;
preg_split()
loops
$array[] = item
general

42. a database which is best supported by PHP
arsort()
string
mysql
preg_match()

43. Hypertext Preprocessor - a server-side programing language used to create webpages
statement
PHP
$array[] = item
mysql_fetch_array()

44. ___________ can be used with substr() to count backward
str_word_count()
negative numbers
ceil()
strip_tags()

45. $_POST and $_GET are ________ variables.
wordwrap()
error_reporting (E_ALL | E_STRICT)
control structure
predefined

46. Used to remove any white space - spaces or newlines or tabs - from the beginning and end of a string - not the middle.
^
arsort()
trim()
$_POST[]

47. An array whose keys are numbers.
POST
precedence
string
indexed array

48. A conditional or loop is a ________________.
chop()
preg_match()
list()
control structure

49. Control structure that continue exit - they perform specific statements for a determined number of iterations.
strip_tags()
server-side programing
loops
Parse error

50. Used to find the amount of words in a string.
DTD
shuffle()
str_word_count()
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