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Php Programming Basics

Subject : it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Returns an array that corresponds to the fetched row of MySQL data and moves the internal data pointer ahead
mysql_fetch_array()
if/elseif/else and switch statements
double quotes
HTTP

2. Standard Generalized Markup Language
rsort()
SGML
Object
Notice

3. The concatenation assignment operator?
Array
precedence
.=
rsort()

4. To remove all HTML and PHP tags.
substr_count()
strip_tags()
function
sort()

5. 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 __________.
curly braces; ${$total}
Warning
index
boolean

6. The array that stores variables specific to a user's visit
E_STRICT
$_SESSION[]
boolean
underscores

7. This error refers to a variable with no value.
ASP
single quotes
Notice
open source

8. Hypertext Preprocessor - a server-side programing language used to create webpages
array()
DTD
Array
PHP

9. a positive or negative number
precedence
htmlentities()
integer
superglobal

10. To declare a constant
the dollar sign $
boolean
define()
array()

11. Used to convert certain HTML tags into their entity versions.
ceil()
&
error_reporting (0)
htmlspecialchars()

12. Hyper Text Markup Language
fopen()
HTML
loops
mysql_close($dbc)

13. ____ or key is referred to for a value within an array.
index
integer
Hex
error_reporting (0)

14. Operators used to operate and assign
!= inequality
empty()
AJAX
+= or -= or *= or /=

15. Used to check if a variable has a valid numerical value; strings with numerical values pass.
is_numeric()
addcslashes()
<?php
octal

16. standard notation
loops
decimal
array()
negative numbers

17. To sort by the keys while maintaining the correlation between the key and its value
XOR
html_entity_decode()
substr_count()
ksort()

18. signed integer
error_reporting (0)
int
PHP
crypt()

19. Use ______ when there are no variables in the string
float
drop
single quotes
if/elseif/else and switch statements

20. Asynchronous Javascript And XML
AJAX
$var++ and $var
<<
include() and require()

21. addition
+
preg_split()
>>
$_POST[]

22. Function used to find the absolute value of a number or numeric variable
octal
Array
$_POST[]
abs()

23. does a certain action when called upon
string
defined()
mysql_fetch_object()
function

24. To iterate over the values of an array
not
$var++ and $var
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
E_STRICT

25. Returns a character from a specified ASCII value
isset()
predefined variable
chr()
true

26. container of ordered data elements
Notice
.=
Array
chop()

27. This will not show error reporting - it will be turned off.
<?php
string
error_reporting (0)
===

28. Function used to round down to the lowest integer
statement
sort()
floor()
preg_match()

29. Leading 0x: 0x13F or 0xA23
Hex
curly braces; ${$total}
+
statement

30. To counter htmlentities()
Array
strip_tags()
curly braces
html_entity_decode()

31. The four main error types are:Notice - Warning - ________ and Error.
Parse error
0
integer
$var++ and $var

32. collection of binary data
SGML
string
XOR
.=

33. Function that contains the highest value that rand() can have randomly
index
+
getrandmax()
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)

34. Function used to convert new lines in a variable from a form to <br /> tags so that the data can be formatted correctly.
abs()
decimal
precedence
nl2br()

35. An array of variables passed in the URL
is_numeric()
$_GET[]
getrandmax()
Shebang

36. a language in which to make querys to a database with
1
sql
mysql_fetch_array()
===

37. Active Server Pages
XOR
ASP
empty()
SEO

38. container of both data and code
Object
include() and require()
not
HTML

39. Returns a string with backslashes in front of the specified characters
XML
rand()
isset()
addcslashes()

40. To reorganise the array randomly
shuffle()
Array
$var++ and $var
str_ireplace()

41. An array whose keys are numbers.
mysql
E_STRICT
0
indexed array

42. To sort values of an array without regard to the keys
decimal
sort()
$_POST[]
the period; .

43. The order of operations.
str_ireplace()
html_entity_decode()
>>
precedence

44. To merge arrays
preg_split()
array_merge()
boolean
&

45. To refer to an item in an array
date()
error_reporting (E_ALL | E_STRICT)
Notice
$varname[key]

46. A data structure that can hold a number of items of data of the same type eg. a list of names
array
the dollar sign $
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
===

47. To create an array
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)
XOR
statement
array()

48. searches the subject for matches to a given pattern replaced with the given replacement text
number_format()
preg_replace()
abs()
reassign

49. signed floating-point value
$$
define()
float
ksort()

50. _____ is a logical operator
Shebang
>>
XOR
POST