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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. This will not show error reporting - it will be turned off.
switch
trim()
error_reporting (0)
SEO

2. To get time data
chr()
date()
rand()
client-side programing

3. Used to replace a substring with another string - it is not case-sensitive.
str_ireplace()
strip_tags()
echo
Notice

4. signed floating-point value
superglobal
urlencode()
reassign
float

5. Hyper Text Markup Language
superglobal
HTML
list()
predefined

6. To put a dollar sign before a variable like $10 where 10 is the variable's value - you can escape the first dollar sign; $$cost; or you can use __________.
curly braces; ${$total}
AJAX
SGML
function

7. $_SERVER - $_POST - $_GET - $_COOKIE - $_SESSION - $_ENV; special arrays.
$var++ and $var
superglobal
curly braces
negative numbers

8. bitwise left shift
<?php
<<
preg_match()
reassign

9. To word wrap after a certain amount of characters.
wordwrap()
number_format()
array
PHP

10. Returns a string with backslashes in front of predefined characters
addslashes()
client-side programing
define()
mysql

11. To delete a variable or an element of an array
Warning
1
unset()
curly braces; ${$total}

12. Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
integer
decimal
HTTP
==

13. Control structure that continue exit - they perform specific statements for a determined number of iterations.
GET
round() Function
loops
XOR

14. PHP has two conditional: if and ______.
+
switch
addslashes()
Constant

15. To append elements to an array - this will assign item to the next available index; associative arrays get messy.
function
$array[] = item
strip_tags()
reassign

16. To close a connection between a database
number_format()
foreach loop
variable
mysql_close($dbc)

17. Online applications and resources which are available to the general public with very few restrictions
open source
associative array
indexed array
error_reporting (0)

18. Tag to end a php script
list()
HTML
?>
preg_split()

19. To get over quotation marks while using arrays
curly braces
+= or -= or *= or /=
boolean
chop()

20. Used to check if a variable has any value (including 0 or FALSE or an empty string).
isset()
server-side programing
arsort()
decimal

21. To assign array element values to individual variables
list()
open source
SEO
Notice

22. To merge arrays
$varname[key]
array_merge()
&
mysql_close($dbc)

23. What You See Is What You Get
shuffle()
count()
WYSIWYG
XML

24. This will show all error reporting except for notice errors.
foreach loop
error_reporting (E_ALL & -E_NOTICE)
control structure
rand()

25. Used to convert all HTML tags into their entity versions.
htmlentities()
&
substr_count()
double quotes

26. The output of var_export((float)array(0));
&
date()
define()
1

27. Alias of rtrim()
SEO
error_reporting (0)
strtok()
chop()

28. Leading 0x: 0x13F or 0xA23
Hex
general
asort()
substr_count()

29. _______ is a comparison operator
string
isset()
!= inequality
foreach loop

30. container of ordered data elements
GET
$_POST[]
Array
==

31. print $_SERVER will _____ work if you use the print function on arrays.
associative array
not
function error_reporting()
indexed array

32. To refer to an item in an array
$varname[key]
Parse error
predefined
strip_tags()

33. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key
&
Shebang
fopen()
asort()

34. Operators used to operate and assign
array()
?>
+= or -= or *= or /=
the dollar sign $

35. $_POST Data sent using POST found is sent to _______
shuffle()
predefined variable
octal
addslashes()

36. This error arises from misusing a function.
asort()
POST
.=
Warning

37. ___________ can be used with substr() to count backward
reassign
SGML
negative numbers
Parse error

38. EXtensible Markup Language
E_STRICT
variable
htmlspecialchars()
XML

39. Used to check if a variable has a valid numerical value; strings with numerical values pass.
define()
DTD
is_numeric()
substr_count()

40. Variable names cannot begin with _______
numbers
function
count()
DTD

41. a storage location in the computer's memory that has a type & a name and a contents
Parse error
$array[] = item
negative numbers
variable

42. This error refers to a variable with no value.
Notice
if/elseif/else and switch statements
addslashes()
$varname[key]

43. Function used to convert new lines in a variable from a form to <br /> tags so that the data can be formatted correctly.
$var++ and $var
boolean
nl2br()
rsort()

44. The prefix for a dynamic variable - also known as a variable variable
$$
single quotes
str_ireplace()
HTTP

45. does a certain action when called upon
rand()
+= or -= or *= or /=
ceil()
function

46. An array whose keys are strings; also known as a hash.
associative array
sort()
array()
strlen()

47. Returns a character from a specified ASCII value
chr()
server-side programing
reassign
precedence

48. equivalence
preg_split()
define()
list()
==

49. To sort the values while maintaining the correlation between each value and its key - in reversed order
error_reporting (E_ALL)
integer
arsort()
variable

50. To assign keys to the values in an array
array()
empty()
mysql_fetch_object()
predefined