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Php Programming Basics

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1. Returns a string with backslashes in front of the specified characters
array_merge()
addcslashes()
Warning
$_SESSION[]

2. function Function used to create a random number
rand()
preg_replace()
if/elseif/else and switch statements
$$

3. addition
WYSIWYG
+
Hex
sql

4. a line of information that can be stored in a variable or used in a function or statement
$var++ and $var
0
string
drop

5. To check if a constant is already declared
defined()
GET
Shebang
decimal

6. The output of var_export((float)array(0));
list()
1
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
function

7. The three types of loops in PHP are: for - while - ____.
$_POST[]
client-side programing
foreach
HTML

8. Use ______ when there are no variables in the string
control structure
single quotes
mysql_fetch_array()
Error

9. An array of variables passed with <input /> data
$_POST[]
array_merge()
function error_reporting()
preg_replace()

10. What You See Is What You Get
===
WYSIWYG
Shebang
boolean

11. A conditional or loop is a ________________.
underscores
true
control structure
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)

12. Leading 0x: 0x13F or 0xA23
mysql_fetch_array()
Hex
sort()
nl2br()

13. This fatal error arises from memory allocation problem.
$_POST[]
^
Error
SEO

14. Shorthand used to increment and decrement
$var++ and $var
+= or -= or *= or /=
preg_match()
preg_replace()

15. Define(NAME,value)
Constant
strlen()
$_POST[]
loops

16. any programing language where the script is parsed on the server
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
server-side programing
bin2hex()
mysql_fetch_array()

17. This error arises from misusing a function.
strtok()
Warning
chop()
open source

18. To counter htmlentities()
html_entity_decode()
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
array
empty()

19. Standard Generalized Markup Language
asort()
predefined
empty()
SGML

20. Control structure that continue exit - they perform specific statements for a determined number of iterations.
general
loops
Parse error
int

21. The seven main SQL (structured query language) functions are alter - create - delete - _______ - insert - select - update
DTD
Warning
drop
arsort()

22. a language in which to make querys to a database with
predefined
sql
predefined
negative numbers

23. This will show all error reporting except for notice errors.
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)
ceil()
html_entity_decode()
foreach

24. Converts a string of ASCII characters to hexadecimal values
array()
^
foreach loop
bin2hex()

25. Control structures that break exit
Warning
predefined variable
if/elseif/else and switch statements
negative numbers

26. Online applications and resources which are available to the general public with very few restrictions
open source
array
superglobal
wordwrap()

27. container of ordered data elements
strlen()
Array
function
list()

28. Function used to round up to the highest integer
chop()
open source
ceil()
error_reporting (E_ALL)

29. a storage location in the computer's memory that has a type & a name and a contents
variable
WYSIWYG
single quotes
indexed array

30. This will show all errors that fall under E_ALL or E_STRICT - the pipe | is used for 'or' so that errors that fall under either will be shown.
function
SEO
error_reporting (E_ALL | E_STRICT)
chr()

31. To append elements to an array - this will assign item to the next available index; associative arrays get messy.
$array[] = item
+
sort()
predefined variable

32. To sort values of an array in reversed order
trim()
rsort()
curly braces
round() Function

33. ___________ can be used with substr() to count backward
<?php
numbers
negative numbers
1

34. To refer to an item in an array
$_REQUEST
chop()
getrandmax()
$varname[key]

35. The name of the #! used to designate the location of the PHP binary
int
control structure
Shebang
associative array

36. To get over quotation marks while using arrays
htmlentities()
curly braces
Parse error
boolean

37. To reset an array _______ the array() function to the array
server-side programing
not
reassign
$varname[key]

38. When used the value can be passed safely through the URL (GET).
urlencode()
+
echo
function

39. $_POST Data sent using POST found is sent to _______
error_reporting (E_ALL)
open source
predefined variable
&

40. Used to find the amount of words in a string.
rsort()
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
true
str_word_count()

41. Returns a string with backslashes in front of predefined characters
Hex
abs()
addslashes()
0

42. To iterate over the keys and values of an array
GET
foreach loop
!= inequality
0

43. returns the number of matches found by a given search string under this format...
preg_match()
$array[] = item
predefined
single quotes

44. Uses two arguments: constant name and constant definition
Error
^
define()
HTML

45. _____ is a logical operator
foreach
XOR
chr()
function error_reporting()

46. Use ______ when a variable contains any amount of variables; in general.
double quotes
string
server-side programing
getrandmax()

47. To reorganise the array randomly
server-side programing
str_word_count()
shuffle()
predefined variable

48. The seven main error reporting constants are: E_NOTICE - E_WARNING - E_PARSE - E_ERROR - E_ALL - _____ - E_DEPRECATED
E_STRICT
the escape character ''
sort()
Shebang

49. To sort by the keys while maintaining the correlation between the key and its value
ksort()
XOR
DTD
predefined

50. bitwise left shift
predefined
array
<<
$_SESSION[]

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