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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. _________ can be used in conditional statements to set precedence
parentheses
$_REQUEST
abs()
HTML

2. To assign array element values to individual variables
list()
negative numbers
array()
foreach loop

3. standard notation
decimal
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)
POST
sql

4. Uses two arguments: constant name and constant definition
strip_tags()
$_GET[]
define()
shuffle()

5. Used to find the length of a string
empty()
nl2br()
shuffle()
strlen()

6. ___________ can be used with substr() to count backward
strtok()
string
ceil()
negative numbers

7. Function used to find the absolute value of a number or numeric variable
substr_count()
index
abs()
Magic Constant

8. To sort by the keys while maintaining the correlation between the key and its value
round() Function
ksort()
count()
crypt()

9. Similar to mysql_fetch_array() - but cannot be accessed by integer offset
mysql_fetch_array()
mysql_fetch_object()
htmlentities()
boolean

10. 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

11. identity
variable
===
Object
abs()

12. What You See Is What You Get
WYSIWYG
predefined variable
HTTP
string

13. searches the subject for matches to a given pattern replaced with the given replacement text
preg_replace()
==
unset()
decimal

14. Used to find the amount of words in a string.
arsort()
nl2br()
str_word_count()
array

15. Operators used to operate and assign
foreach
PHP
+= or -= or *= or /=
sql

16. An array whose keys are strings; also known as a hash.
Notice
!= inequality
associative array
$array[] = item

17. a positive or negative number
unset()
getrandmax()
integer
control structure

18. used to round numeric values.
round() Function
E_STRICT
array_merge()
switch

19. $_POST Data sent using POST found is sent to _______
XOR
rand()
predefined variable
open source

20. The syntax for connecting to a database
rsort()
if/elseif/else and switch statements
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
$array[] = item

21. _______ is a comparison operator
XML
!= inequality
Parse error
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)

22. $_POST and $_GET are ________ variables.
array
HTML
predefined
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)

23. Standard Generalized Markup Language
general
strlen()
SGML
?>

24. Used to convert all HTML tags into their entity versions.
XML
wordwrap()
htmlentities()
list()

25. To get time data
Magic Constant
date()
Constant
array

26. a database which is best supported by PHP
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
mysql
array
strlen()

27. To iterate over the values of an array
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
addcslashes()
array()
parentheses

28. An array whose keys are numbers.
Warning
indexed array
sort()
string

29. Creates a pointer to a file with the declared mode (read - write -etc.).
predefined variable
rand()
fopen()
nl2br()

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

31. Besides GET and POST ________ can be used to access data but $_POST and $_GET are more precise and therefore preferable.
SEO
ASP
$_REQUEST
Constant

32. The seven main error reporting constants are: E_NOTICE - E_WARNING - E_PARSE - E_ERROR - E_ALL - _____ - E_DEPRECATED
mysql_close($dbc)
DTD
E_STRICT
function

33. The concatenation operator?
the period; .
DTD
index
ASP

34. Used to remove any white space - spaces or newlines or tabs - from the beginning and end of a string - not the middle.
error_reporting (0)
trim()
error_reporting (E_ALL | E_STRICT)
addslashes()

35. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
Magic Constant
?>
float
HTTP

36. This will not show error reporting - it will be turned off.
the period; .
error_reporting (0)
substr_count()
&

37. a type with two possible values: true and false
WYSIWYG
strtok()
boolean
int

38. When used the value can be passed safely through the URL (GET).
Array
&
urlencode()
general

39. Used to replace a substring with another string - it is not case-sensitive.
strlen()
GET
double quotes
str_ireplace()

40. This error refers to a variable with no value.
Notice
loops
variable
number_format()

41. $_SERVER - $_POST - $_GET - $_COOKIE - $_SESSION - $_ENV; special arrays.
^
superglobal
.=
client-side programing

42. container of ordered data elements
strtok()
abs()
Array
boolean

43. To reset an array _______ the array() function to the array
SEO
drop
reassign
preg_split()

44. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key
chr()
mysql_fetch_array()
Hex
asort()

45. a storage location in the computer's memory that has a type & a name and a contents
AJAX
variable
list()
$var++ and $var

46. Use ______ for search engines or catalogued pages or pages that would be bookmarked.
GET
getrandmax()
echo
precedence

47. the most basic function in PHP used to output information to the page
echo
SEO
sort()
strip_tags()

48. This fatal error arises from memory allocation problem.
negative numbers
general
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)
Error

49. All variables must begin with _________.
index
Error
string
the dollar sign $

50. Used to convert certain HTML tags into their entity versions.
substr_count()
preg_match()
single quotes
htmlspecialchars()