1.What is the output of the following script ?

  <?php
  function generate() {
      for ($i = 1; $i <= 3; $i++) 
          yield $i;
  }
  $generator = generate();
  if(is_array($generator))
    echo "Is Array";
  elseif(is_object($generator))
    echo "Is Object";
  else
    echo "Is none of the above";
  ?>

Is Array

Is Object

Is none of the above

2.What is the output of the code below ?

<?php 
  $a = array();
  $a[0] = 1;
  unset($a[0]);
  echo ($a != null) ? 'True' : 'False';

True

False

Parse Error

3.What is the output of the code below ?

  
    <?php
    namespace animals;

    ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL);
    ini_set('display_errors', 'on');

    class Cat
    {
      static function Definition()
      {
        return 'Cats are ' . __NAMESPACE__;
      }
    }

    namespace animals\pets;

    class Cat
    {
      static function Definition()
      {
        return 'Cats are ' . __NAMESPACE__;
      }
    }

    echo Cat::Definition();    
  

Cats are animals\pets

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class Cat

Fatal error: Cannot re-declare class animals\pets\Cat in sub-namespace

4.Assuming that the code below is in a file named "test.php" and that PHP has full rights over the file, what happens if the file is executed from the command line without any arguments ?

  exec("rm -f " . dirname(__FILE__) . "/" .  $argv[0]);

The script exits without doing anything

The file test.php is deleted

A notice is thrown because $argv[0] is not defined and the script fails.

5.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

6.When running PHP's built in FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) which of the following statements are true ?

Settings initialized in the php-fpm.conf file with php_admin_flag can not be overwritten in the code through ini_set()

It doesn't provide any easy way of debugging slow performing requests/scripts

The special fastcgi_finish_request() function allows PHP to finish request and flush all data while continuing to do various tasks in the background.

7.How does Opcode Cache improve performance in PHP 5.5+ ?

Opcode Cache stores objects in memory so that they can be accessed directly by other processes.

Opcode Cache stores database query results thus eliminating the need of executing those queries again

OPcache stores precompiled script bytecode in memory, thus removing the need to load and parse scripts on each request.

8.Which of the following is not valid syntax for creating a new array key?

$a[] = "value";

$a{} = "value";

$a[0] = "value";

$a{0} = "value";

$a[$b = 0] = "value";

9.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

10.Which key will not be displayed from the following code block? $array = array('a' => 'John', 'b' => 'Coggeshall', 'c' => array('d' => 'John', 'e' => 'Smith')); function display($item, $key) { print "$key => $item\n"; } array_walk_recursive($array, "display");

d

c

b

a

They all will be displayed

11.What should go in the missing line ????? below to produce the output shown? $array_one = array(1,2,3,4,5); $array_two = array('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E'); ??????? print_r($array_three); Result: Array ( [5] => A [4] => B [3] => C [2] => D [1] => E )

$array_three = array_merge(array_reverse($array_one), $array_two);

$array_three = array_combine($array_one, $array_two);

$array_three = array_combine(array_reverse($array_one), $array_two);

$array_three = array_merge($array_one, $array_two);

$array_three = array_reverse($array_one) + $array_two;

12.The following code snippet displays what for the resultant array? $a = array(1 => 0, 3 => 2, 4 => 6); $b = array(3 => 1, 4 => 3, 6 => 4); print_r(array_intersect($a, $b));

1 => 0

1 => 3, 3 => 1, 4 => 3

3 => 1, 3=> 2, 4 => 3, 4=> 6

1 => 0, 3 => 2, 4 => 6

An empty Array

13.Transactions are used to...

guarantee high performance

secure data consistency

secure access to the database

reduce the database server overhead

reduce code size in PHP

14.What would go in place of ?????? below to make this script execute without a fatal error? $a = 1; $b = 0; /* ?????? */ $c = $a / $b;

quit();

die();

stop();

__halt_compiler();

exit();

15.What is the output of the following function? function &find_variable(&$one, &$two, &$three) { if($one > 10 && $one < 20) return $one; if($two > 10 && $two < 20) return $two; if($three > 10 && $three < 20) return $three; } $one = 2; $two = 20; $three = 15; $var = &find_variable($one, $two, $three); $var++; print "1: $one, 2: $two, 3: $three";

1: 2, 2: 20, 3: 15

1: 3, 2: 21, 3: 16

1: 2, 2: 21, 3: 15

1: 3, 2: 20, 3: 15

1: 2, 2: 20, 3: 16

16.What is the primary difference between a method declared as static and a normal method?

Static methods can only be called using the :: syntax and never from an instance

Static methods do not provide a reference to $this

Static methods cannot be called from within class instances

Static methods don't have access to the self keyword

There is no functional difference between a static and non-static method

17.What three special methods can be used to perform special logic in the event a particular accessed method or member variable is not found?

__get($variable)

__call($method, $params)

__destruct()

__set($variable, $value)

__call($method)

18.The _______ method will be called automatically when an object is represented as a string.

getString()

__get()

__value()

__toString()

__getString()

19.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

20.For an arbitrary string $mystring, which of the following checks will correctly determine if the string PHP exists within it?

if(strpos($mystring, "PHP") !== false)

if(!strpos($mystring, "PHP"))

if(strpos($mystring, "PHP") === true

if(strloc($mystring, "PHP") == true

if(strloc($mystring, "PHP") === false)

21.What variable reference would go in the spots indicated by ????? in the code segment below? $msg = "The Quick Brown Foxed Jumped Over the Lazy Dog"; $state = true; $retval = ""; for ($i = 0; (isset(??????)); $i++) { if($state) { $retval .= strtolower(?????); } else { $retval .= strtoupper(?????); } $state = !$state; } print $retval;

$msg{$i}

ord($msg);

chr($msg);

substr($msg, $i, 2);

22.Given the two values below, which of the following possibilities will print 10 foos20 bars? $var1 = "10 foos"; $var2 = "20 bars"; print ???????;

implode("", array($var1,$var2));

$var1 . $var2

$var1 + $var2

All of the above

None of the above

23.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);

24.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()

25.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);

26.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

27.To destroy one variable within a PHP session you should use which method in PHP 5?

Unset the variable in $HTTP_SESSION_VARS

Use the session_destroy() function

Use the session_unset() function

unset the variable in $_SESSION using unset()

Any of the above are acceptable in PHP 5

28.If you would like to change the session ID generation function, which of the following is the best approach for PHP 5?

Set the session.hash_function INI configuration directive

Use the session_set_id_generator() function

Set the session id by force using the session_id() function

Use the session_regenerate_id() function

Implement a custom session handler

29.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

30.When uploading a file using HTTP, which variable can be used to locate the file on PHP's local filesystem?

$_FILES['fieldname']['tmp_name']

$_FILES['fieldname']

$_FILES['fieldname'][0]['filename']

$_FILES['fieldname']['filename']

None of the above