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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 declare a constant
define()
mysql_fetch_array()
date()
error_reporting (0)

2. To sort values of an array in reversed order
number_format()
ksort()
rsort()
Array

3. Returns a string with backslashes in front of predefined characters
htmlspecialchars()
addslashes()
unset()
is_numeric()

4. To word wrap after a certain amount of characters.
wordwrap()
mysql_fetch_array()
isset()
integer

5. Variable names cannot begin with _______
numbers
arsort()
preg_replace()
Shebang

6. This will show all error reporting except for notice errors.
precedence
!= inequality
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)
&

7. To refer to an item in an array
string
foreach loop
$varname[key]
HTTP

8. To iterate over the values of an array
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
array()
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
Shebang

9. either hasn't yet been set or is assigned NULL value
curly braces
octal
0
null

10. Uses two arguments: constant name and constant definition
associative array
<?php
define()
decimal

11. Alias of rtrim()
predefined
Hex
chop()
indexed array

12. The syntax for connecting to a database
===
$var++ and $var
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
reassign

13. To set up error reporting
date()
function error_reporting()
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)
fopen()

14. bitwise AND
&
boolean
preg_split()
Error

15. To assign keys to the values in an array
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
array()
$_POST[]
HTML

16. container of ordered data elements
$varname[key]
trim()
getrandmax()
Array

17. The output of var_export((float)array());
empty()
htmlentities()
0
strip_tags()

18. TRUE or FALSE
^
superglobal
underscores
boolean

19. Used to find the amount of words in a string.
foreach loop
str_word_count()
SEO
Hex

20. Used to check if a variable has any value (including 0 or FALSE or an empty string).
predefined
shuffle()
isset()
abs()

21. To close a connection between a database
mysql_close($dbc)
crypt()
str_word_count()
$varname[key]

22. To delete a variable or an element of an array
$array[] = item
E_STRICT
unset()
addcslashes()

23. The seven main SQL (structured query language) functions are alter - create - delete - _______ - insert - select - update
drop
preg_replace()
urlencode()
ASP

24. To check if a constant is already declared
defined()
not
sql
sort()

25. To append elements to an array - this will assign item to the next available index; associative arrays get messy.
AJAX
error_reporting (0)
associative array
$array[] = item

26. bitwise right shift
>>
number_format()
array_merge()
string

27. signed integer
single quotes
int
===
<?php

28. The seven main error reporting constants are: E_NOTICE - E_WARNING - E_PARSE - E_ERROR - E_ALL - _____ - E_DEPRECATED
XOR
echo
predefined
E_STRICT

29. $_SERVER - $_POST - $_GET - $_COOKIE - $_SESSION - $_ENV; special arrays.
superglobal
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)
rsort()
foreach loop

30. The ouput of var_export((bool)"NULL");
htmlentities()
true
?>
list()

31. Variable names can begin with __________
underscores
SEO
^
1

32. To get over quotation marks while using arrays
mysql_fetch_object()
+
curly braces
^

33. used to round numeric values.
$array[] = item
Hex
round() Function
statement

34. any programing language where the user must support the language the script is written in
predefined
client-side programing
variable
SGML

35. Function that contains the highest value that rand() can have randomly
getrandmax()
rand()
substr_count()
$_REQUEST

36. Leading 0x: 0x13F or 0xA23
str_ireplace()
&
client-side programing
Hex

37. Hyper Text Markup Language
client-side programing
HTML
superglobal
Error

38. This will not show error reporting - it will be turned off.
string
error_reporting (0)
crypt()
octal

39. a positive or negative number
superglobal
+
addcslashes()
integer

40. a storage location in the computer's memory that has a type & a name and a contents
predefined
nl2br()
variable
XML

41. allows you to split strings based on more complex rules
loops
preg_split()
function
Parse error

42. Used to find the length of a string
strlen()
Parse error
nl2br()
$varname[key]

43. To find how many substrings are in a string
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)
SGML
POST
substr_count()

44. collection of binary data
preg_split()
indexed array
$varname[key]
string

45. An array of variables passed with <input /> data
$_POST[]
$_SESSION[]
^
is_numeric()

46. Asynchronous Javascript And XML
strlen()
substr_count()
float
AJAX

47. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key - in reversed order
+= or -= or *= or /=
precedence
arsort()
$varname[key]

48. Tag to begin a php script
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
$$
str_word_count()
<?php

49. does a certain action when called upon
===
function
preg_split()
Constant

50. a line of information that can be stored in a variable or used in a function or statement
define()
array_merge()
the period; .
string