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Php Programming Basics

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1. Use ______ when a variable contains any amount of variables; in general.
array_merge()
<<
<?php
double quotes

2. This will show all error reporting.
$_POST[]
double quotes
function
error_reporting (E_ALL)

3. Besides GET and POST ________ can be used to access data but $_POST and $_GET are more precise and therefore preferable.
$_REQUEST
$varname[key]
statement
Notice

4. Shorthand used to increment and decrement
true
$var++ and $var
$_POST[]
preg_replace()

5. An array whose keys are numbers.
>>
ksort()
Array
indexed array

6. To sort values of an array in reversed order
rsort()
float
str_word_count()
>>

7. Returns a string with backslashes in front of predefined characters
addslashes()
abs()
Array
asort()

8. print $_SERVER will _____ work if you use the print function on arrays.
Notice
unset()
curly braces
not

9. To declare a constant
Magic Constant
curly braces
define()
defined()

10. Control structures that break exit
function error_reporting()
curly braces; ${$total}
XOR
if/elseif/else and switch statements

11. Converts a string of ASCII characters to hexadecimal values
bin2hex()
asort()
addcslashes()
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)

12. Search Engine Optimization
substr_count()
statement
error_reporting (0)
SEO

13. function Function used to create a random number
AJAX
<<
$_SESSION[]
rand()

14. bitwise right shift
control structure
parentheses
bin2hex()
>>

15. When used the value can be passed safely through the URL (GET).
urlencode()
abs()
server-side programing
SEO

16. either hasn't yet been set or is assigned NULL value
&
parentheses
<<
null

17. Used to convert all HTML tags into their entity versions.
<?php
htmlentities()
nl2br()
function error_reporting()

18. The three types of loops in PHP are: for - while - ____.
str_word_count()
array()
foreach
function

19. The array that stores variables specific to a user's visit
Magic Constant
$_SESSION[]
server-side programing
statement

20. Use ______ when there are no variables in the string
define()
arsort()
urlencode()
single quotes

21. signed integer
int
XML
bin2hex()
numbers

22. All variables must begin with _________.
drop
the dollar sign $
Parse error
AJAX

23. Predefined constants such as __LINE__ or __FILE__ or __FUNCTION__ or __CLASS__ and __METHOD__
htmlspecialchars()
Magic Constant
the dollar sign $
define()

24. bitwise left shift
the escape character ''
$_POST[]
strlen()
<<

25. Similar to mysql_fetch_array() - but cannot be accessed by integer offset
statement
nl2br()
mysql_fetch_object()
substr_count()

26. To refer to an item in an array
$varname[key]
^
+= or -= or *= or /=
the period; .

27. searches the subject for matches to a given pattern replaced with the given replacement text
isset()
preg_replace()
$array[] = item
number_format()

28. Use ______ for search engines or catalogued pages or pages that would be bookmarked.
$_GET[]
ceil()
str_word_count()
GET

29. a type with two possible values: true and false
$_GET[]
ksort()
boolean
<?php

30. Returns an array that corresponds to the fetched row of MySQL data and moves the internal data pointer ahead
$$
mysql_fetch_array()
list()
negative numbers

31. Used to find the length of a string
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)
rsort()
strlen()
empty()

32. Alias of rtrim()
strlen()
chop()
curly braces; ${$total}
1

33. a storage location in the computer's memory that has a type & a name and a contents
SEO
date()
number_format()
variable

34. To counter htmlentities()
null
crypt()
predefined
html_entity_decode()

35. bitwise AND
trim()
&
client-side programing
associative array

36. To assign keys to the values in an array
mysql_fetch_object()
POST
array()
date()

37. The four main error types are:Notice - Warning - ________ and Error.
Parse error
unset()
+= or -= or *= or /=
control structure

38. Standard Generalized Markup Language
^
SGML
<?php
===

39. _______ is a comparison operator
reassign
substr_count()
!= inequality
control structure

40. Function that contains the highest value that rand() can have randomly
sql
getrandmax()
asort()
superglobal

41. Operators used to operate and assign
count()
POST
+= or -= or *= or /=
foreach

42. any programing language where the user must support the language the script is written in
loops
function error_reporting()
client-side programing
count()

43. To iterate over the keys and values of an array
foreach loop
1
substr_count()
client-side programing

44. Used to convert certain HTML tags into their entity versions.
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
^
htmlspecialchars()
Object

45. To get over quotation marks while using arrays
1
isset()
curly braces
server-side programing

46. $_POST and $_GET are ________ variables.
predefined
mysql
echo
+= or -= or *= or /=

47. used to round numeric values.
HTML
wordwrap()
$varname[key]
round() Function

48. TRUE or FALSE
XOR
Magic Constant
boolean
Notice

49. To refer to an element in a multidimensional array list the indices in order of _____ to more precise;
indexed array
curly braces; ${$total}
general
Parse error

50. Leading 0x: 0x13F or 0xA23
predefined
statement
negative numbers
Hex

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