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PHP Interview
Questions and
Answers for
Fresher Level
Candidates
 Vinish Kapoor
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 January 26, 2019 -
 PHP (https://www.foxinfotech.in/category/php) / Q&A 
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The following is top 45 PHP interview questions
and answers which are suitable for fresher level
candidates.

1)What is PHP?

Answer: PHP is a server-side scripting

language used for web development.

2)Why PHP differs from other languages?

Answer: PHP is easy to learn and easy to

understand, and it can run on many platforms 
such as Windows, Linux, Unix, etc. and
supports a broad range of databases.
3)Why is PHP called as a Server-side
scripting language?

Answer: PHP supports script that runs mostly

on a server.

4)Who is the father of PHP?

Answer: Rasmus Lerdorf

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5)What is the old name of PHP?

Answer: Personal Home page

6)What is the difference between PHP and

JAVA?

Answer: PHP is a server-side scripting

language where JAVA is a server-side and
desktop programming language.

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7)Is PHP a compiled or Interpreted
language?

Answer: PHP is an interpreted language. But for

some time we can use it as a compiled
language.

8)Is PHP a case sensitive language?

Answer: Variable names in PHP are case

sensitive, but function names are not case
sensitive. 
9)What is the default extension of a PHP
file?

Answer: .php.

10)What is variable in PHP?

Answer: Variable is a storage location to store a

data value. It is temporary storage.

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11)What are the different types of variables
in PHP?

Answer: Integers, Doubles, Booleans, NULL,

Strings, Arrays, Objects, Resources.

12)What is the local variable?

Answer: Local variable is a variable which is

defining inside a function, and it is accessible
within that function only.
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13)What is a global variable?

Answer: Global variable is a variable which is

defining outside a function and is available to
access outside that function.

14)What is a Static variable?

Answer: Static variable is a variable which is

defining inside a function using the keyword
static and can be accessible outside the
function. After the execution of that function, the
static variable can be available also. 
 15)What is the difference between local and
static variable?

Answer: Local variable is deleted after the

execution of a function, which contains that
variable. But the static variable is not removed
after the execution of a function because of
static keyword.

16)What is the difference between $a and

$$a?
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Answer: $a is a storage location to store a fixed
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of variables and data which is containing by $$a
can change dynamically.
17)What is an operator in PHP?

Answer: An operator is a symbol which can

contain one or more operands and operate on
them to produce a result.

18)What is the difference between += and .=

in PHP?

Answer: += is the numeric operator used for

addition of numbers and .= is a string operator
used for string concatenation.
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19)What is the difference between ++$a and
$a++?

Answer: ++$a is pre-increment operation that

increases $a by 1 and then returns the value
while $a++ is the post-increment operation that
firstly returns the value of $a and then increases
the value by 1.

20)What is the associativity of operators in

PHP?

Answer: Associativity is the order where
operators of the same precedence evaluate.
21)What is the precedence of operators in
PHP?

Answer: Precedence is the order in which they

evaluate.

22)What is the difference between = and ==

in PHP?

Answer: = is the assignment operator who is

using to assign a value to a variable. Where ==
is the comparison operator who is using to
compare values between two variables and 

returns true based on the comparison.

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23)What is the difference between == and

=== in PHP?

Answer: Both == and === are comparison

operators. == operator is using to check where
the values of two operands are equal or not and
=== is using to check the values for equality of
the same type of operands.

24)What is the echo in PHP?

Answer: echo() is using to print one or more 

strings to the console or the web browser.
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25)What is the loop in PHP?

Answer: The loop is a repeated execution of a

block of statements until a condition meets.

26)How many types of loops are in PHP?

Answer: 4 types.for loop,while loop,do-while

loop,foreach loop

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27)What is the difference between for and

do-while loop in PHP?

Answer: While loop executes a block of codes

until a condition is false. But do-while loop runs
codes once, and it checks a condition, and if the
condition is true then loop body executes again,
this process continues until the condition
becomes false.

28)What is an array in PHP?

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Answer: Array is a particular type of variable
that can hold more than one element at a time.
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29)How many types of arrays in PHP?

Answer: Three types. (i)Indexed array,

(ii)Associative array, (iii)Multidimensional array.

30)What is Indexed Array in PHP?

Answer: Indexed array is an array which can

hold elements in an indexed form that is
specifying by numbers starting from 0 with
incrementing by 1.

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31)What is Associative array in PHP?

Answer: It is an array that can hold elements

with a string index.

32)How will return the number of elements

from an array in PHP?

Answer: count() function is using to return the

number of elements from an array.

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33)What is a multidimensional array?

Answer: Multidimensional array is an array

which contains one more array.

34)How will return the length of a string in

PHP?

Answer: strlen() is using to return the length of a

string.

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35)What is the difference between

strtoupper() and strtolower() in PHP?

Answer: strtoupper() is using to return a string

in uppercase while strtolower() is using to return
a string in lowercase.

36)What is the difference between strcmp()

and strcasecmp() in PHP?

Answer: strcmp() is a case-sensitive

comparison function on strings and 
strcasecmp() is a case-insensitive comparison
function on strings.
37)what is the difference between chr() and
ord() in PHP?

Answer: chr() is using to convert an ASCII value

to a character while ord() is using to return the
ASCII value of the first character of a string.

38)What is the difference between

trim(), ltrim(), rtrim() in PHP?

Answer: trim() is using to remove spaces and

predefined characters from both sides of a
given string, ltrim() is using to remove spaces, 

and present characters from the left side of a

string, rtrim() is using to remove spaces and
predefined characters from the right side of a
given string.
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39)What is the difference between ucfirst()

and ucwords() in PHP?

Answer: ucfirst() is using to return a string with

the first letter in uppercase while ucwords() is
using to return a string with a first capitalized
letter of each word.

40)What is the difference between asort()

and sort() in PHP?

Answer: sort() is using to sort an array in 

ascending order while asort() is using to sort an
associative array according to value.
41)What is the difference between rsort() and
arsort() in PHP?

Answer: rsort() is using to sort an array in

descending order while arsort() is using to sort
an associative array in descending order
according to value.

42)What is the difference between ksort()

and krsort() in PHP?

Answer: ksort() is using to sort an associative

array in ascending order according to the key
while krsort() in PHP is using to sort an
associative array in descending order according
to the key.

43)What is the difference between strpos()

and strrpos() in PHP?

Answer: strpos() is using to find the position of

the first occurrence of a string inside another

string while strrpos() is using to detect the
location of the last occurrence of a string inside
another string.
44)What is the difference between strlen()
and count() in PHP?

Answer: strlen() is using to return the length of

characters from a string while count() is using to
return the number of elements of an array.

45)What is difference between strpos() and

stripos() in PHP?

Answer: strpos() and stripos() are using for

finding the position of the first occurrence of a
string inside another string. But strpos() is case-
sensitive and stripos() is case-insensitive.

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