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CS 310 Midterm Paper

. What does PHP stand for?


PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
Private Home Page
Personal Hypertext Processor
2. PHP server scripts are surrounded by delimiters, which?
<&>...</&>
<?php>...</?>
<script>...</script>
<?php...?>
3. How do you write "Hello World" in PHP
Document.Write("Hello World");
echo "Hello World";
"Hello World";
4. All variables in PHP start with which symbol?
$
&
!
5. What is the correct way to end a PHP statement?
New line
;
.
</php>
6. The PHP syntax is most similar to:
JavaScript
VBScript
Perl and C
7. How do you get information from a form that is submitted using the "get"
method?
Request.QueryString;
$_GET[];
Request.Form;
8. When using the POST method, variables are displayed in the URL:
True
False
9. In PHP you can use both single quotes ( ' ' ) and double quotes ( " " ) for
strings:
True
False
10. Include files must have the file extension ".inc"
True
False
11. What is the correct way to include the file "time.inc" ?
<?php include "time.inc"; ?>
<!-- include file="time.inc" -->
<?php include file="time.inc"; ?>
<?php include:"time.inc"; ?>
12. What is the correct way to create a function in PHP?
function myFunction()
create myFunction()
new_function myFunction()
13. What is the correct way to open the file "time.txt" as readable?
open("time.txt");
open("time.txt","read");
fopen("time.txt","r");
fopen("time.txt","r+");
14. PHP allows you to send emails directly from a script
False
True
15. Which superglobal variable holds information about headers, paths, and script
locations?
$_GLOBALS
$_GET
$_SERVER
$_SESSION
16. What is the correct way to add 1 to the $count variable?
$count =+1
$count++;
++count
count++;
17. What is a correct way to add a comment in PHP?
<!--...-->
*\...\*
/*...*/
<comment>...</comment>
18. PHP can be run on Microsoft Windows IIS(Internet Information Server):
True
False
19. The die() and exit() functions do the exact same thing.
True
False
20. Which one of these variables has an illegal name?
$my_Var
$myVar
$my-Var
21. The setcookie() function must appear BEFORE the <html> tag.
True
False
22. In PHP, the only way to output text is with echo.
False
True
23. How do you create an array in PHP?
$cars = "Volvo", "BMW", "Toyota";
$cars = array["Volvo", "BMW", "Toyota"];
$cars = array("Volvo", "BMW", "Toyota");
24. The if statement is used to execute some code only if a specified condition is
true
True
False
25. Which operator is used to check if two values are equal and of same data type?
==
===
=
!=

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