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Quiz about PHP Basic Concepts
Quiz about PHP Basic Concepts

PHP Basic Concepts Trivia Quiz


Test your knowledge of one of the internet's most popular languages.

A multiple-choice quiz by kwdesigner. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
kwdesigner
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
252,806
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
849
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which tag indicates the start of a block of PHP code? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. A line of PHP code is terminated by this symbol... Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which tag may be used to indicate a comment in your PHP code? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. When released in 1995, the name PHP originally stood for... Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Variables in PHP start with what symbol? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which one of these variables has an illegal name? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which of the following would you use to display "Hello World" using PHP? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. To add 1 to the variable $myNum, use the following: Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which of the following is NOT a predefined global PHP variable? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which of the following comparison operators will return TRUE if $a is not equal to $b? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which tag indicates the start of a block of PHP code?

Answer: < ? php

PHP only parses code within its delimiters. Anything outside its delimiters is sent directly to the output and not parsed by PHP.
2. A line of PHP code is terminated by this symbol...

Answer: ;

PHP treats new lines as whitespace (except when inside string quotes). Statements are terminated by a semicolon, except in a few special cases.
3. Which tag may be used to indicate a comment in your PHP code?

Answer: All of these

// and /* * are also used in the C programming language which PHP was written in.
4. When released in 1995, the name PHP originally stood for...

Answer: Personal Home Page Tools

The original developer Rasmus Lerdorf released "Personal Home Page Tools" on June 8, 1995. A later development team chose the name "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor."
5. Variables in PHP start with what symbol?

Answer: $

Variables must be prefixed with a dollar symbol and unlike function and class names, variable names are case sensitive.
6. Which one of these variables has an illegal name?

Answer: $my-new-variable

Dashes cannot be used in variable names.
7. Which of the following would you use to display "Hello World" using PHP?

Answer: echo 'Hello World' ;

You could also use the print() function to get a similar result.
8. To add 1 to the variable $myNum, use the following:

Answer: $myNum++ ;

The ++ operator increments a variable's value by one.
9. Which of the following is NOT a predefined global PHP variable?

Answer: $_GLOBALS

Most of the predefined "superglobal" variables in PHP begin with an underscore ($_GET, $_POST, $_FILES, $_ENV, $_SESSION), however $GLOBALS lacks the underscore.
10. Which of the following comparison operators will return TRUE if $a is not equal to $b?

Answer: $a != $b

Comparison operators allow you to compare two values.
Source: Author kwdesigner

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