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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. Hyper Text Markup Language
integer
int
HTML
superglobal

2. leading zero: 0100 or 0567
statement
octal
indexed array
fopen()

3. The ouput of var_export((bool)"NULL");
^
true
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
mysql_close($dbc)

4. does a certain action when called upon
foreach loop
preg_split()
HTML
function

5. A data structure that can hold a number of items of data of the same type eg. a list of names
string
parentheses
preg_match()
array

6. the most basic function in PHP used to output information to the page
predefined
PHP
echo
^

7. bitwise AND
&
preg_match()
rsort()
SGML

8. Returns an array that corresponds to the fetched row of MySQL data and moves the internal data pointer ahead
nl2br()
count()
mysql_fetch_array()
wordwrap()

9. This error arises from misusing a function.
statement
Warning
trim()
mysql_close($dbc)

10. The array that stores variables specific to a user's visit
defined()
Warning
reassign
$_SESSION[]

11. equivalence
==
general
mysql_fetch_object()
underscores

12. The syntax for connecting to a database
htmlspecialchars()
boolean
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
curly braces

13. To refer to an item in an array
Hex
sql
$varname[key]
&

14. a line of information that can be stored in a variable or used in a function or statement
string
array_merge()
fopen()
.=

15. Tag to end a php script
?>
underscores
server-side programing
integer

16. To assign keys to the values in an array
array()
Warning
reassign
if/elseif/else and switch statements

17. ___________ can be used with substr() to count backward
array()
str_word_count()
curly braces; ${$total}
negative numbers

18. addition
abs()
mysql_fetch_object()
+
drop

19. searches the subject for matches to a given pattern replaced with the given replacement text
preg_replace()
rsort()
sort()
Warning

20. standard notation
GET
preg_split()
decimal
null

21. _________ can be used in conditional statements to set precedence
index
function error_reporting()
rsort()
parentheses

22. The output of var_export((float)array(0));
variable
1
indexed array
superglobal

23. This fatal error arises from memory allocation problem.
array_merge()
1
Error
+= or -= or *= or /=

24. This error refers to a variable with no value.
define()
substr_count()
Notice
?>

25. Used to convert certain HTML tags into their entity versions.
?>
!= inequality
htmlspecialchars()
nl2br()

26. Function used to convert new lines in a variable from a form to <br /> tags so that the data can be formatted correctly.
+= or -= or *= or /=
GET
nl2br()
mysql_close($dbc)

27. To include files - _______ will give errors and _________ will terminate execution().
associative array
indexed array
==
include() and require()

28. says 'if' this then do this 'else' do this or 'while' this do this
statement
date()
+= or -= or *= or /=
array

29. To assign array element values to individual variables
sort()
string
&
list()

30. To counter htmlentities()
loops
html_entity_decode()
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
array()

31. Used to encrypt values - it is a one-way encryption method
strip_tags()
int
array()
crypt()

32. container of both data and code
not
bin2hex()
Object
wordwrap()

33. bitwise left shift
<<
str_ireplace()
str_word_count()
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}

34. Converts a string of ASCII characters to hexadecimal values
control structure
bin2hex()
curly braces; ${$total}
mysql

35. Function can you use to format a number with commas
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
number_format()
Shebang
&

36. To refer to an element in a multidimensional array list the indices in order of _____ to more precise;
AJAX
+= or -= or *= or /=
addcslashes()
general

37. Use ________ to have multiple quotations in one string
drop
error_reporting (E_ALL)
the escape character ''
error_reporting (0)

38. To get over quotation marks while using arrays
mysql_close($dbc)
htmlentities()
not
curly braces

39. TRUE or FALSE
XML
boolean
single quotes
crypt()

40. signed integer
int
index
indexed array
htmlspecialchars()

41. To remove all HTML and PHP tags.
is_numeric()
strip_tags()
octal
SEO

42. Define(NAME,value)
mysql_fetch_object()
$$
control structure
Constant

43. When used the value can be passed safely through the URL (GET).
urlencode()
$_REQUEST
sql
getrandmax()

44. The seven main error reporting constants are: E_NOTICE - E_WARNING - E_PARSE - E_ERROR - E_ALL - _____ - E_DEPRECATED
PHP
open source
E_STRICT
round() Function

45. The concatenation assignment operator?
.=
index
nl2br()
ceil()

46. Asynchronous Javascript And XML
array()
precedence
AJAX
$_POST[]

47. To merge arrays
crypt()
$_REQUEST
+
array_merge()

48. To reorganise the array randomly
shuffle()
defined()
XOR
==

49. To reset an array _______ the array() function to the array
PHP
reassign
preg_split()
^

50. To create an array
ksort()
array()
mysql_fetch_object()
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