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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. Use ______ when there are no variables in the string
Array
mysql_close($dbc)
integer
single quotes

2. To word wrap after a certain amount of characters.
E_STRICT
DTD
bin2hex()
wordwrap()

3. Active Server Pages
str_ireplace()
ksort()
ASP
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)

4. Returns a character from a specified ASCII value
fopen()
sort()
chr()
predefined

5. leading zero: 0100 or 0567
statement
octal
error_reporting (E_ALL)
isset()

6. function Function used to create a random number
rand()
fopen()
predefined
!= inequality

7. bitwise XOR
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)
^
Array
POST

8. To find how many substrings are in a string
substr_count()
predefined variable
mysql_close($dbc)
float

9. Used to replace a substring with another string - it is not case-sensitive.
Array
str_ireplace()
preg_replace()
$$

10. ___________ can be used with substr() to count backward
PHP
$array[] = item
loops
negative numbers

11. container of ordered data elements
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
Array
strlen()
ASP

12. Use ______ when a variable contains any amount of variables; in general.
number_format()
error_reporting (0)
double quotes
str_ireplace()

13. any programing language where the script is parsed on the server
control structure
server-side programing
preg_match()
bin2hex()

14. The syntax for connecting to a database
^
control structure
index
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)

15. To reset an array _______ the array() function to the array
reassign
associative array
echo
statement

16. This error refers to a variable with no value.
Notice
curly braces
round() Function
predefined

17. Similar to mysql_fetch_array() - but cannot be accessed by integer offset
Parse error
mysql_fetch_object()
ASP
round() Function

18. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key - in reversed order
arsort()
Notice
null
==

19. To remove all HTML and PHP tags.
control structure
Object
strip_tags()
function

20. Asynchronous Javascript And XML
echo
integer
AJAX
$_POST[]

21. a storage location in the computer's memory that has a type & a name and a contents
variable
null
underscores
$array[] = item

22. The concatenation assignment operator?
$varname[key]
ksort()
.=
abs()

23. Function used to round down to the lowest integer
WYSIWYG
count()
floor()
curly braces

24. TRUE or FALSE
$_SESSION[]
boolean
echo
reassign

25. The seven main SQL (structured query language) functions are alter - create - delete - _______ - insert - select - update
include() and require()
drop
ksort()
Notice

26. signed floating-point value
predefined
$_POST[]
define()
float

27. Variable names cannot begin with _______
error_reporting (E_ALL)
numbers
addcslashes()
Constant

28. Used to convert certain HTML tags into their entity versions.
predefined variable
client-side programing
htmlspecialchars()
rsort()

29. Tag to end a php script
$_SESSION[]
GET
Hex
?>

30. any programing language where the user must support the language the script is written in
strlen()
mysql_fetch_object()
client-side programing
HTML

31. To determine the amount of elements in an array
predefined variable
count()
$array[] = item
chr()

32. Used to find the amount of words in a string.
$$
empty()
str_word_count()
loops

33. Operators used to operate and assign
index
preg_match()
+= or -= or *= or /=
number_format()

34. To assign keys to the values in an array
integer
mysql_fetch_array()
rand()
array()

35. To set up error reporting
$array[] = item
function error_reporting()
mysql_fetch_array()
open source

36. equivalence
==
ceil()
foreach
preg_split()

37. bitwise left shift
<<
ASP
bin2hex()
include() and require()

38. To refer to an element in a multidimensional array list the indices in order of _____ to more precise;
general
superglobal
ceil()
mysql

39. a line of information that can be stored in a variable or used in a function or statement
underscores
bin2hex()
string
str_ireplace()

40. Predefined constants such as __LINE__ or __FILE__ or __FUNCTION__ or __CLASS__ and __METHOD__
Magic Constant
Error
AJAX
GET

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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183

42. The seven main error reporting constants are: E_NOTICE - E_WARNING - E_PARSE - E_ERROR - E_ALL - _____ - E_DEPRECATED
E_STRICT
==
if/elseif/else and switch statements
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)

43. An array whose keys are strings; also known as a hash.
associative array
PHP
$_GET[]
double quotes

44. _____ is a logical operator
<<
XOR
crypt()
single quotes

45. Use _______ for passwords or pages that would not be bookmarked or pages that require security.
Shebang
htmlspecialchars()
POST
preg_replace()

46. Used to find the length of a string
curly braces; ${$total}
strlen()
XOR
define()

47. A conditional or loop is a ________________.
control structure
+
.=
general

48. Shorthand used to increment and decrement
addcslashes()
ceil()
>>
$var++ and $var

49. PHP has two conditional: if and ______.
switch
?>
array()
list()

50. _______ is a comparison operator
POST
is_numeric()
!= inequality
error_reporting (E_ALL | E_STRICT)