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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. Uses two arguments: constant name and constant definition
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)
define()
error_reporting (0)
boolean

2. To get time data
date()
string
switch
E_STRICT

3. The ouput of var_export((bool)"NULL");
ASP
str_ireplace()
true
boolean

4. Used to convert certain HTML tags into their entity versions.
AJAX
bin2hex()
not
htmlspecialchars()

5. The concatenation operator?
the period; .
DTD
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)
$_SESSION[]

6. a positive or negative number
precedence
integer
double quotes
chop()

7. identity
curly braces
Array
===
str_word_count()

8. The name of the #! used to designate the location of the PHP binary
the escape character ''
POST
array()
Shebang

9. Control structure that continue exit - they perform specific statements for a determined number of iterations.
loops
<?php
<<
ASP

10. Alias of rtrim()
Parse error
decimal
chop()
===

11. The concatenation assignment operator?
.=
$_POST[]
strlen()
GET

12. Use ______ when a variable contains any amount of variables; in general.
list()
Parse error
SGML
double quotes

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

14. Hypertext Preprocessor - a server-side programing language used to create webpages
htmlspecialchars()
fopen()
PHP
addslashes()

15. To reset an array _______ the array() function to the array
+
foreach loop
reassign
str_word_count()

16. Search Engine Optimization
chop()
SEO
Array
nl2br()

17. _____ is a logical operator
XOR
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)
htmlspecialchars()
ini_set ('display_errors', 1)

18. $_POST Data sent using POST found is sent to _______
nl2br()
Constant
predefined variable
control structure

19. To determine the amount of elements in an array
$var++ and $var
associative array
count()
ASP

20. container of ordered data elements
POST
Array
floor()
$var++ and $var

21. To iterate over the values of an array
the dollar sign $
for ($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) {statement(s);}
html_entity_decode()
predefined variable

22. Used to create a substring (referred to as a token) from a larger string
GET
Array
array_merge()
strtok()

23. Define(NAME,value)
control structure
E_STRICT
decimal
Constant

24. Variable names can begin with __________
underscores
preg_replace()
curly braces; ${$total}
parentheses

25. equivalence
foreach loop
unset()
==
open source

26. To counter htmlentities()
asort()
error_reporting (E_ALL)
html_entity_decode()
the dollar sign $

27. Use ______ when there are no variables in the string
single quotes
$_POST[]
null
<?php

28. Creates a pointer to a file with the declared mode (read - write -etc.).
negative numbers
substr_count()
asort()
fopen()

29. TRUE or FALSE
number_format()
underscores
include() and require()
boolean

30. print $_SERVER will _____ work if you use the print function on arrays.
$array[] = item
not
$varname[key]
preg_replace()

31. Function can you use to format a number with commas
number_format()
SGML
define()
single quotes

32. either hasn't yet been set or is assigned NULL value
$_GET[]
null
sql
parentheses

33. Returns a character from a specified ASCII value
>>
chr()
control structure
error_reporting (E_ALL | E_STRICT)

34. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key
asort()
count()
Parse error
statement

35. Use ________ to have multiple quotations in one string
$var++ and $var
strlen()
the escape character ''
urlencode()

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

37. Function that contains the highest value that rand() can have randomly
general
getrandmax()
XML
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)

38. The four main error types are:Notice - Warning - ________ and Error.
int
Parse error
addcslashes()
str_ireplace()

39. Used to replace a substring with another string - it is not case-sensitive.
error_reporting (0)
POST
defined()
str_ireplace()

40. To word wrap after a certain amount of characters.
client-side programing
if/elseif/else and switch statements
wordwrap()
$array[] = item

41. searches the subject for matches to a given pattern replaced with the given replacement text
0
$_SESSION[]
preg_replace()
fopen()

42. This error refers to a variable with no value.
chop()
$_POST[]
isset()
Notice

43. The syntax for connecting to a database
loops
negative numbers
$dbc = mysql_connect(hostname, username, password)
switch

44. ____ or key is referred to for a value within an array.
index
XML
str_word_count()
switch

45. To reorganise the array randomly
preg_split()
array
shuffle()
array()

46. To iterate over the keys and values of an array
boolean
foreach loop
SGML
the dollar sign $

47. Used to encrypt values - it is a one-way encryption method
E_STRICT
function error_reporting()
crypt()
boolean

48. a line of information that can be stored in a variable or used in a function or statement
+
wordwrap()
string
double quotes

49. The output of var_export((float)array(0));
1
define()
Hex
list()

50. To set up error reporting
htmlentities()
str_word_count()
single quotes
function error_reporting()