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Php Programming Basics

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The seven main SQL (structured query language) functions are alter - create - delete - _______ - insert - select - update
$varname[key]
^
drop
chr()

2. To refer to an item in an array
$varname[key]
bin2hex()
indexed array
POST

3. The three types of loops in PHP are: for - while - ____.
Error
mysql
foreach
mysql_fetch_object()

4. Document Type Definitions
DTD
fopen()
$_REQUEST
reassign

5. the most basic function in PHP used to output information to the page
foreach loop
string
array()
echo

6. says 'if' this then do this 'else' do this or 'while' this do this
htmlentities()
statement
define()
$_POST[]

7. The output of var_export((float)array());
0
^
statement
drop

8. Use ______ for search engines or catalogued pages or pages that would be bookmarked.
asort()
control structure
GET
include() and require()

9. leading zero: 0100 or 0567
decimal
mysql
==
octal

10. Used to replace a substring with another string - it is not case-sensitive.
chr()
curly braces
DTD
str_ireplace()

11. Control structures that break exit
if/elseif/else and switch statements
underscores
ceil()
Hex

12. An array whose keys are strings; also known as a hash.
sql
associative array
===
the dollar sign $

13. To delete a variable or an element of an array
1
unset()
htmlspecialchars()
$_GET[]

14. signed integer
int
Magic Constant
single quotes
the dollar sign $

15. Function used to find the absolute value of a number or numeric variable
Magic Constant
drop
integer
abs()

16. To get time data
Notice
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)
Error
date()

17. To sort values of an array in reversed order
rsort()
not
ASP
boolean

18. Used to create a substring (referred to as a token) from a larger string
strtok()
Error
strlen()
boolean

19. All variables must begin with _________.
drop
the dollar sign $
Constant
HTTP

20. An array whose keys are numbers.
indexed array
urlencode()
echo
client-side programing

21. Predefined constants such as __LINE__ or __FILE__ or __FUNCTION__ or __CLASS__ and __METHOD__
XML
strtok()
index
Magic Constant

22. To include files - _______ will give errors and _________ will terminate execution().
statement
include() and require()
boolean
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)

23. To iterate over the keys and values of an array
foreach loop
open source
loops
htmlspecialchars()

24. To assign keys to the values in an array
fopen()
array()
chop()
Array

25. Creates a pointer to a file with the declared mode (read - write -etc.).
if/elseif/else and switch statements
the dollar sign $
fopen()
include() and require()

26. To set up error reporting
function error_reporting()
strlen()
the escape character ''
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}

27. Leading 0x: 0x13F or 0xA23
!= inequality
round() Function
rand()
Hex

28. To reset an array _______ the array() function to the array
reassign
null
foreach loop
the dollar sign $

29. Used to convert certain HTML tags into their entity versions.
+= or -= or *= or /=
sort()
indexed array
htmlspecialchars()

30. either hasn't yet been set or is assigned NULL value
curly braces
<?php
XOR
null

31. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HTTP
isset()
strlen()
Object

32. searches the subject for matches to a given pattern replaced with the given replacement text
count()
Constant
preg_replace()
array()

33. bitwise XOR
DTD
GET
+
^

34. Online applications and resources which are available to the general public with very few restrictions
str_word_count()
client-side programing
wordwrap()
open source

35. To sort by the keys while maintaining the correlation between the key and its value
ksort()
array_merge()
associative array
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}

36. any programing language where the user must support the language the script is written in
array_merge()
predefined
arsort()
client-side programing

37. Control structure that continue exit - they perform specific statements for a determined number of iterations.
loops
the period; .
predefined
parentheses

38. To check if a constant is already declared
boolean
defined()
Magic Constant
not

39. a database which is best supported by PHP
DTD
htmlspecialchars()
$_SESSION[]
mysql

40. $_POST Data sent using POST found is sent to _______
Warning
===
mysql_fetch_object()
predefined variable

41. What You See Is What You Get
nl2br()
$var++ and $var
WYSIWYG
empty()

42. This fatal fatal is caused by a semantic mistake: omission of a semicolon or imbalance of quotations or parentheses or braces.
Parse error
WYSIWYG
reassign
Notice

43. To counter htmlentities()
substr_count()
reassign
html_entity_decode()
indexed array

44. Function used to round up to the highest integer
empty()
superglobal
ceil()
Error

45. Hyper Text Markup Language
include() and require()
numbers
HTML
ksort()

46. print $_SERVER will _____ work if you use the print function on arrays.
!= inequality
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
str_word_count()
not

47. Variable names cannot begin with _______
integer
numbers
Parse error
Notice

48. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key
Parse error
integer
ceil()
asort()

49. An array of variables passed in the URL
unset()
Object
$_GET[]
ceil()

50. Used to encrypt values - it is a one-way encryption method
float
preg_split()
crypt()
array