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Php Programming Basics

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1. leading zero: 0100 or 0567
associative array
octal
include() and require()
if/elseif/else and switch statements

2. To create an array
curly braces
array()
preg_replace()
Constant

3. The order of operations.
function error_reporting()
precedence
client-side programing
fopen()

4. An array of variables passed in the URL
Parse error
underscores
$_GET[]
array_merge()

5. The name of the #! used to designate the location of the PHP binary
htmlentities()
float
Shebang
addslashes()

6. To iterate over the keys and values of an array
str_ireplace()
general
foreach loop
error_reporting (E_ALL)

7. Use ______ when a variable contains any amount of variables; in general.
double quotes
Warning
SEO
true

8. Document Type Definitions
DTD
single quotes
count()
defined()

9. any programing language where the script is parsed on the server
str_ireplace()
server-side programing
htmlspecialchars()
foreach loop

10. The syntax for connecting to a database
integer
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
chr()
rsort()

11. Used to encrypt values - it is a one-way encryption method
crypt()
Parse error
include() and require()
$_POST[]

12. A data structure that can hold a number of items of data of the same type eg. a list of names
unset()
echo
integer
array

13. Similar to mysql_fetch_array() - but cannot be accessed by integer offset
variable
ceil()
mysql_fetch_object()
nl2br()

14. The concatenation assignment operator?
mysql
wordwrap()
.=
foreach loop

15. standard notation
sort()
count()
unset()
decimal

16. allows you to split strings based on more complex rules
Array
function error_reporting()
preg_split()
SEO

17. Returns a character from a specified ASCII value
strip_tags()
open source
chr()
trim()

18. This error arises from misusing a function.
echo
mysql_fetch_array()
double quotes
Warning

19. function Function used to create a random number
strip_tags()
rand()
superglobal
HTML

20. To refer to an item in an array
$varname[key]
strtok()
XML
isset()

21. To delete a variable or an element of an array
Array
unset()
crypt()
true

22. Control structure that continue exit - they perform specific statements for a determined number of iterations.
loops
<?php
include() and require()
indexed array

23. Besides GET and POST ________ can be used to access data but $_POST and $_GET are more precise and therefore preferable.
Parse error
$_REQUEST
PHP
curly braces; ${$total}

24. This will show all error reporting except for notice errors.
curly braces
mysql_fetch_object()
wordwrap()
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)

25. returns the number of matches found by a given search string under this format...
numbers
preg_match()
addcslashes()
error_reporting (E_ALL)

26. Predefined constants such as __LINE__ or __FILE__ or __FUNCTION__ or __CLASS__ and __METHOD__
ceil()
foreach
predefined
Magic Constant

27. ____ or key is referred to for a value within an array.
rand()
ASP
index
!= inequality

28. Function used to round up to the highest integer
drop
Warning
ceil()
PHP

29. Used to convert certain HTML tags into their entity versions.
curly braces; ${$total}
htmlspecialchars()
ASP
isset()

30. To sort values of an array without regard to the keys
parentheses
sort()
list()
+= or -= or *= or /=

31. equivalence
rsort()
shuffle()
trim()
==

32. To get time data
date()
foreach loop
chr()
boolean

33. The seven main SQL (structured query language) functions are alter - create - delete - _______ - insert - select - update
getrandmax()
drop
echo
ksort()

34. To determine the amount of elements in an array
trim()
count()
function
Magic Constant

35. The three types of loops in PHP are: for - while - ____.
foreach
chop()
==
<?php

36. Use ______ when there are no variables in the string
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)
<<
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
single quotes

37. To assign array element values to individual variables
foreach loop
list()
$_POST[]
echo

38. The ouput of var_export((bool)"NULL");
true
1
$_REQUEST
foreach loop

39. Used to convert all HTML tags into their entity versions.
the escape character ''
htmlentities()
preg_match()
>>

40. To include files - _______ will give errors and _________ will terminate execution().
sort()
Parse error
is_numeric()
include() and require()

41. Used to create a substring (referred to as a token) from a larger string
!= inequality
strip_tags()
$_SESSION[]
strtok()

42. print $_SERVER will _____ work if you use the print function on arrays.
1
rsort()
server-side programing
not

43. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key - in reversed order
empty()
curly braces
==
arsort()

44. To counter htmlentities()
the dollar sign $
html_entity_decode()
sql
precedence

45. a positive or negative number
integer
bin2hex()
htmlspecialchars()
array()

46. To set up error reporting
E_STRICT
function error_reporting()
parentheses
switch

47. Online applications and resources which are available to the general public with very few restrictions
+= or -= or *= or /=
trim()
open source
is_numeric()

48. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key
XOR
asort()
parentheses
<?php

49. bitwise left shift
<<
rand()
fopen()
reassign

50. 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 __________.
general
rand()
htmlspecialchars()
curly braces; ${$total}

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