1.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

2.What happens when the script below is executed ?

  <?php
    namespace CustomArea;
    error_reporting(E_ALL);
    ini_set("display_errors", "on");
    function var_dump($a)
    {
      return str_replace("Weird", $a, "Weird stuff can happen");
    }
    $a = "In programming";
    echo var_dump($a);
  ?>

PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare var_dump()

Weird stuff can happen

In programming stuff can happen

3.What is the output of the code below ?

    
    $now  = new DateTime();
    $now2 = new DateTime();

    $ago  = new DateInterval('P4Y10M3W');
    $ago2 = new DateInterval('P4Y10M2W7D');

    $then  = $now->sub($ago);
    $date1 = $then->format('Y-m-d');

    $then2 = $now2->sub($ago2);
    $date2 = $then2->format('Y-m-d');

    var_dump ($date1 === $date2);
    

bool(false) - because the '2W' part in $ago2 will get overwritten by the '7D' part and therefor the second date interval will be 2 Weeks shorter than the first interval.

bool(true) - because the two interval definitions are equivalent.

bool(false) and the script will throw a notice because the date/time interval notation in the $ago2 variable is wrong.

4.Considering the code below ...

  
    <?php 
        
    class AppException extends Exception
    {
      function __toString()
      {
        return "Your code has just thrown an exception: {$this->message}\n";
      }
    }

    class Students
    {
      public $first_name;
      public $last_name;

      public function __construct($first_name, $last_name)
      {
        if(empty($first_name))
        {
          throw new AppException('First Name is required', 1);
        }

        if(empty($last_name))
        {
          throw new AppException('Last Name is required', 2);
        }
      }
    }

    try {
     new Students('', ''); 
    } catch (Exception $e) {
      echo $e;
    }
  

... which of these statements are correct ?

The catch (Exception $e) statement is wrong because it accepts an instance of the Exception class as the parameter. It should use an instance of the AppException class instead.

The __toString() method can't be overwritten in a child class because the methods in the Exception class are all final but for the constructor

The magic __toString() method will be invoked automatically when the code enters the catch() statement and the custom exception message will be printed

5.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

6.Which of the statements about traits below are true ?

PHP is "single inheritance" so traits allow coders to reuse sets of methods from the trait freely in several independent classes

An inherited member from a base class is overridden by a member inserted by a Trait, but members from the current class override Trait methods.

If two Traits insert a method with the same name in a class that uses them, a fatal error is produced and this naming conflict can not be bypassed

7.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.

8.When dealing with cloned objects in PHP, which of the following statements are true ?

The programmer can make use of the __clone() magic method to stop an object from being cloned.

As of PHP 7.0.0, members of cloned objects can be accessed in a single expression without any assignments... Like this:
(clone new DateTime())->format('Y');

The __clone() magic method of a class is called before the actual cloning of the object occurs allowing the programmer to alter values before the cloning process begins.

9.What is the best way to store and verify passwords in PHP ?

Using a hashing algorithm like md5 or sha256 and then, when verifying compare the stored hash with the hash of the string submitted by the user

Using the built in password_create() and password_verify() functions in PHP

Using the strongest to date hashing algorithm combined with a salt to avoid dictionary attacks.

10.What is the output of the following PHP script?

                    <?php 
                        $a = 1;
                        $b = 2.5;
                        $c = 0xFF;
                        $d = $b + $c;
                        $e = $d * $b;
                        $f = ($d + $e) % $a;
                        print ($f + $e);
                  

643.75

432

643

257

432.75

11.How do you access standard I/O and error streams ?

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

STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR constants

12.Which of the following functions could be used to break a string into an array?

array_split()

split()

string_split()

preg_match_all()

explode()

13.What is the result of the following code snippet? $array = array('a' => 'John', 'b' => 'Coggeshall', 'c' => array('d' => 'John', 'e' => 'Smith')); function something($array) { extract($array); return $c['e']; } print something($array);

Smith

A PHP Warning

Coggeshall

NULL

Array

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

key

forward

prev

current

next

15.Given the following array: $array = array(1,1,2,3,4,4,5,6,6,6,6,3,2,2,2); The fastest way to determine the total number a particular value appears in the array is to use which function?

array_total_values

array_count_values

A foreach loop

count

a for loop

16.Which of the following are valid PHP variables?

@$foo

&$variable

${0x0}

$0x0

17.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

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

simplexml_load_file()

simplexml_load_string()

load()

loadFile()

loadXML()

None of the above

19.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());

20.When checking to see if two variables contain the same instance of an object, which of the following comparisons should be used?

if($obj1->equals($obj2) && ($obj1 instanceof $obj2))

if($obj1->equals($obj2))

if($obj1 instanceof $obj2)

if($obj1 === $obj2)

21.The ______ keyword is used to indicate an incomplete class or method, which must be further extended and/or implemented in order to be used.

final

protected

incomplete

abstract

implements

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

getString()

__get()

__value()

__toString()

__getString()

23.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()

24. Which of the following list of potential data sources should be considered trusted?

$_ENV

$_GET

$__COOKIE

$_SERVER

None of the above

25.When comparing two strings, which of the following is acceptable?

$a === $b;

strcasecmp($a, $b);

strcmp($a, $b);

$a == $b;

str_compare($a, $b);

26.What is the output of the following code? $string = "14302"; $string[$string[2]] = "4"; print $string;

14304

14342

44302

14402

Array

27.Which function is best suited for removing markup tags from a string?

strip_markup

strip_tags

str_replace

preg_replace

preg_strip

28.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

29.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

30.Setting a cookie on the client in PHP 5 can be best accomplished by:

Use the add_cookie() function

Use the setcookie() function

Use the the apache_send_header() function

Setting a variable in the $_COOKIE superglobal