1.What output will this code produce ?

<?php 
    class Disney
    {
        public $cartoon;

        function __construct($cartoon)
        {
            $this->cartoon = $cartoon;
        }
    }

    $disney = new Disney("The Beauty and The Beast");
    $waltDisney = $disney;
    $waltDisney->cartoon = "Pinocchio";
    echo $disney->cartoon;

"Pinocchio" because $waltDisney and $Disney are pointing to the same object

"The Beauty and The Beast" because the $cartoon property in the $waltDisney object was changed

NULL because the Disney class was not instanciated inside the $waltDisney variable

2.What happens when the code below is executed ?

  <?php
    class foo
    {
      private $variable;

      function __construct()
      {
        $this->variable = 1;
      }

      function __get($name)
      {
        return $this->$name;
      }
    }
    $a = new foo;
    echo $a->variable;
  ?>

The script outputs 1

Fatal error: Cannot access private property foo::$variable

The script outputs 0

3.When working with unfamiliar code, what is the best way to find out in which file a class is defined ?

Using ReflectionClass:

  <?php
  $reflection = new ReflectionClass('ClassName');
  echo $reflection->getFileName();
  ?>

Using the grep command to search through the application files:

  <?php
  $out = array();
  exec("grep -r 'Classname' .", $out);
  var_dump($out);
  ?>

Using the get_declared_classes() function:

  $classes = get_declared_classes();
  var_dump($classes);

4.What is the output of the code below ?

  
    <?php
    $a = array('one'=>'php', 'two'=>'javascript', 'three'=>'python');
    $b = array('python', 'javascript', 'php');

    if(array_values(array_reverse($a)) === $b)
      echo 'true';
    else
      echo 'false';
  

Fatal error: Can't use function return value in write context

false

true

5.What is the output of the following code block? $a = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."; $b = array_map("strtoupper", explode(" ", $a)); foreach ($b as $value) { print "$value "; }

THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOG.

A PHP Error

Array Array Array Array Array Array Array Array Array

6.What is the output of this code snippet? $a = array(0.001 => 'b', .1 => 'c'); var_dump($a);

An empty array

0.001 => 'b', .1 => c

0 => 'c'

'0.001' => 'b', '0.1' => c'

A Syntax Error

7.If you wanted a variable containing the letters A through Z, that allowed you to access each letter independently, which of the following approaches could you use?

$str = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';

range('A', 'Z');

explode("", "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ");

You would use the ALPHA_ARRAY constant

None of the above

8.Which of the following functions are used with the internal array pointer to accomplish an action?

key

forward

prev

current

next

9.Which of the following tags are an acceptable way to begin a PHP Code block?

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="php">

<!

<%

<?

10.Which of the following are valid PHP variables?

@$foo

&$variable

${0x0}

$0x0

11.What is the best way to iterate and modify every element of an array using PHP 5?

You cannot modify an array during iteration.

for($i = 0; $i < count($array); $i++) { /* ... * / }

foreach($array as $key => &$val) { /* ... * / }

foreach($array as $key => $val) { /* ... * / }

while(list($key, $val) = each($array)) { /* ... * / }

12.What is the output of the following PHP code? define("FOO", 10); $array = [10 => FOO,"FOO" => 20]; print $array[$array[FOO]] * $array["FOO"];

FOO

100

200

20

10

13.What is the output of the following? $a = 010; $b = 0xA; $c = 2; print $a + $b + $c;

20

22

$a is an invalid value

2

14.What SimpleXML function is used to parse a file?

simplexml_load_file()

simplexml_load_string()

load()

loadFile()

loadXML()

None of the above

15.Which of the following will NOT instantiate a DateTime object with the current timestamp?

$date = new DateTime();

$date = new DateTime('@' . time());

$date = new DateTime('now');

$date = new DateTime(time());

16.What does the following function do, when passed two integer values for $p and $q? function magic($p, $q) { return ($q == 0) ? $p: magic($q, $p % $q); }

Loops infinitely.

Switches the values of $p and $q.

Determines if they are both even or odd?

Determines the greatest common divisor between them.

Calculates the modulus between the two.

17.What would you replace ??????? with, below, to make the string Hello, World! be displayed? function myfunction() { /* ??????? */ print $string; } myfunction("Hello, World!");

There is no way to do this.

$string = $argv[1];

$string = $_ARGV[0];

list($string) = func_get_args();

$string = get_function_args();

18.How does one access standard input/output and error streams in PHP 5?

STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR constants

Use stdin(), stdout() and stderr() functions

PHP::STDIN, PHP::STDOUT and PHP::STDERR class constants

Use PHP::stdin(), PHP::stdout() and PHP::stderr() class functions

19.When an object is serialized, which method will be called, automatically, providing your object with an opportunity to close any resources or otherwise prepare to be serialized?

__destroy()

__serialize()

__destruct()

__shutdown()

__sleep()

20.Which of the following php.ini directives should be disabled to improve the outward security of your application?

safe_mode

magic_quotes_gpc

register_globals

display_errors

allow_url_fopen

21.What is the best measure one can take to prevent a cross-site request forgery?

Disallow requests from outside hosts

Add a secret token to all form submissions

Turn off allow_url_fopen in php.ini

Filter all output

Filter all input

22.Which of the following are not valid ways to embed a variable into a string?

$a = "Value: $value->getValue()";

$a = "Value: {$value}";

$a = 'Value: $value';

$a = "Value: $value";

$a = "Value: {$value['val']}";

23.A fingerprint of a string can be determined using which of the following?

md5()

hash()

fingerprint()

None of the above

24.Which of the following is the best way to split a string on the "-=-" pattern?

They all are equally proper methods

str_split($string, strpos($string, "-=-"))

preg_split("-=-", $string);

explode("-=-", $string);

25.Identify the best approach to compare two variables in a binary-safe fashion

Both strcmp() and $a === $b

$a == $b

$a === $b

str_compare()

strstr()

26.Consider the following script: $oranges = 10; $apples = 5; $string = "I have %d apples and %d oranges"; ??????? What could be placed in place of ?????? to output the string: "I have 5 apples and 10 oranges"

str_format($string, $apples, $oranges);

print($string, $apples, $oranges);

printf($string, $apples, $oranges);

print sprintf($apples, $oranges);

sprintf($string, $oranges, $apples);

27.Which string does the following PCRE regular expression match? $regex = "/^([a-z]{5})[1-5]+([a-z]+)/";

Hello34262343goodbye'

frank12345abc

hello34212343goodbye

abcdefghi12345abc

None of the above

28.If you would like to store your session in the database, you would do which of the following?

It requires a custom PHP extension to change the session handler

Implement the session_set_save_handler() function

Create functions for each session handling step and use session_set_save_handler() to override PHP's internal settings

Configure the session.save_handler INI directive to your session class

29.To destroy a PHP session completely, one must which of the following?

Regenerate the session ID using session_regenerate_id()

If cookies are used, destroy it

Use session_demolish() to completely destroy the session

Change the session name using session_name()

Destroy the session data using session_destroy()

30.Consider the following HTML fragment: <select name="???????" multiple> <option value="1">Item #1</option> <!-- ... more options ... --> </select> Which of the following name attributes should be used to capture all of the data from the user in PHP?

myselectbox=array()

myselectbox[]

myselectbox['multiple']

myselectbox{'multiple'}

myselectbox