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Php Programming Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This fatal fatal is caused by a semantic mistake: omission of a semicolon or imbalance of quotations or parentheses or braces.
curly braces; ${$total}
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)
Parse error
true

2. To merge arrays
array_merge()
single quotes
number_format()
preg_replace()

3. Besides GET and POST ________ can be used to access data but $_POST and $_GET are more precise and therefore preferable.
include() and require()
Notice
switch
$_REQUEST

4. Standard Generalized Markup Language
preg_match()
SGML
reassign
wordwrap()

5. Function used to convert new lines in a variable from a form to <br /> tags so that the data can be formatted correctly.
mysql
nl2br()
the period; .
Hex

6. Function used to round down to the lowest integer
error_reporting (E_ALL)
associative array
floor()
preg_match()

7. To remove all HTML and PHP tags.
strip_tags()
Array
Constant
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)

8. any programing language where the script is parsed on the server
server-side programing
number_format()
preg_split()
not

9. $_SERVER is a ________ variable.
fopen()
addslashes()
reassign
predefined

10. Used to check if a given variable has an "empty" value - no value or 0 or FALSE.
$_GET[]
loops
double quotes
empty()

11. addition
XML
+
html_entity_decode()
boolean

12. Hypertext Preprocessor - a server-side programing language used to create webpages
array_merge()
PHP
include() and require()
substr_count()

13. Leading 0x: 0x13F or 0xA23
Hex
array()
the period; .
POST

14. Use ______ when a variable contains any amount of variables; in general.
mysql
define()
double quotes
HTTP

15. Tag to end a php script
defined()
<<
?>
html_entity_decode()

16. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key - in reversed order
$_REQUEST
precedence
arsort()
if/elseif/else and switch statements

17. Returns a character from a specified ASCII value
html_entity_decode()
chr()
urlencode()
wordwrap()

18. Used to display errors in a particular script - should be placed at top of script.

19. To get time data
date()
foreach loop
curly braces; ${$total}
wordwrap()

20. Predefined constants such as __LINE__ or __FILE__ or __FUNCTION__ or __CLASS__ and __METHOD__
boolean
indexed array
Magic Constant
addslashes()

21. Creates a pointer to a file with the declared mode (read - write -etc.).
Parse error
mysql_close($dbc)
Magic Constant
fopen()

22. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
null
HTTP
array
Magic Constant

23. To reset an array _______ the array() function to the array
reassign
AJAX
foreach
sort()

24. Define(NAME,value)
$_POST[]
preg_match()
Constant
unset()

25. The output of var_export((float)array(0));
$$
curly braces; ${$total}
1
urlencode()

26. Used to create a substring (referred to as a token) from a larger string
statement
+= or -= or *= or /=
htmlentities()
strtok()

27. a database which is best supported by PHP
drop
0
mysql
underscores

28. To iterate over the values of an array
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
sql
decimal
empty()

29. standard notation
decimal
strlen()
$$
HTML

30. PHP has two conditional: if and ______.
Error
switch
the period; .
curly braces

31. Asynchronous Javascript And XML
htmlentities()
$_GET[]
AJAX
Parse error

32. a storage location in the computer's memory that has a type & a name and a contents
variable
error_reporting (0)
html_entity_decode()
negative numbers

33. function Function used to create a random number
1
string
abs()
rand()

34. The seven main error reporting constants are: E_NOTICE - E_WARNING - E_PARSE - E_ERROR - E_ALL - _____ - E_DEPRECATED
count()
open source
predefined variable
E_STRICT

35. All variables must begin with _________.
Shebang
define()
client-side programing
the dollar sign $

36. the most basic function in PHP used to output information to the page
error_reporting (E_ALL)
echo
integer
asort()

37. This fatal error arises from memory allocation problem.
defined()
Object
foreach loop
Error

38. Online applications and resources which are available to the general public with very few restrictions
open source
general
drop
array_merge()

39. Returns an array that corresponds to the fetched row of MySQL data and moves the internal data pointer ahead
mysql_fetch_array()
boolean
predefined
control structure

40. To sort values of an array without regard to the keys
curly braces
array()
crypt()
sort()

41. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key
string
is_numeric()
asort()
the escape character ''

42. Control structure that continue exit - they perform specific statements for a determined number of iterations.
loops
float
sql
ASP

43. To word wrap after a certain amount of characters.
include() and require()
function error_reporting()
drop
wordwrap()

44. _____ is a logical operator
0
XOR
include() and require()
mysql_fetch_array()

45. To assign array element values to individual variables
error_reporting (E_ALL)
list()
wordwrap()
nl2br()

46. To reorganise the array randomly
shuffle()
date()
sql
ASP

47. To assign keys to the values in an array
open source
loops
array
array()

48. equivalence
true
==
WYSIWYG
error_reporting (0)

49. $_POST Data sent using POST found is sent to _______
integer
ASP
predefined variable
strlen()

50. To close a connection between a database
nl2br()
mysql_close($dbc)
drop
strtok()