III BCA - WEB TECHNOLOGY
UNIT 1- 2 MARK QUESTIONS
1. What is PHP?
PHP stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor" (originally: Personal Home Page). It is a
server-side scripting language used to create dynamic web pages and web applications.
2. List out the unique features of PHP.
Performance
Portability
Ease of use
Open source
Community support
Third party applications support
3. What is the use of echo statement in PHP?
The echo statement in PHP is used to display output to the browser.
Eg: echo "Hello, world!";
4. How comments are written in PHP?
Single-line comments are preceded by the //
Multiline comments must be enclosed within a /* ... */ comment block.
Eg:
<?php
// a single-line comment
?>
<?php
/* a multi-line
comment
block */
?>
5. List out escape characters in PHP.
Escape characters are used to display non graphic characters
Escape character Meaning
\n New line
\t New tab
\r Carriage return
\” Double quote
\’ Single quote
6. Define variable.
Variable is a container to hold data. It is named memory location.
Eg: $num, $_name;
7. List variables naming rules in PHP
Must start with a $ sign
Variable name must start with a letter or underscore(_)
After the first letter, letters, digits or underscore can be used
Other characters are not allowed
8. How variables can be destroyed?
unset() function can be used to destroy variables in PHP
Eg: unset($name);
9. What is the use of var_dump() function in PHP?
var_dump() function is used to display information about of a variable.
Eg:
<?php
$x=10;
var_dump($x);
?>
Output: int (10)
10. List data types in PHP.
Boolean
Integer
Float
String
NULL
11. What are constants in PHP?
Constants are fixed values that cannot change during program execution. It is defined using
„define‟ keyword
Eg: define(„PI‟,3.141692);
12. List out arithmetic operators used in PHP
Operator Description
+ Add
- Subtract
* Multiply
/ Divide
% Modulus
13. List out comparison(relational) operators used in PHP
Operator Description
== Equal to
!= Not equal to
< Less than
<= Less than or equal to
> Greater than
>= Greater than or equal to
=== Equal to and of the same type
14. List out logical operators used in PHP
Operator Description
&& AND
|| OR
! NOT
15. Which operastor is used as concatenating operator in PHP?
. operator is used to concatenate(join) strings in PHP.
Eg:
<?php
$fName= “Virat” ;
$lName= “Kohli” ;
echo $fName.“ ”.$lName;
?>
Output: Virat Kohli
16. What is operator precedence?
Operator precedence is the order in which operation is performed.
Operator precedence in PHP
++ --
*/%
+-.
< <= > >=
== != === !==
&&
||
= += -= *= /= %=
17. Differentiate == and === operator
== operator compares two values and returns true if both values are equal without considering its
data type.
=== operator compares two values and returns true only if two values are equal and are of the same
data type.
<?php
$x = (boolean) 1;
$y = (integer) 1;
// returns true
echo ($x == $y);
// returns false
echo ($x === $y);
?>
