This is the questions and answers section on "PHP Basics" with explanation for various interview, competitive examination and entrance test. Solved examples with detailed answer description, explanation are given and it would be easy to understand.
1. What does PHP stand for?
i) Personal Home Page
ii) Hypertext Preprocessor
iii) Pretext Hypertext Processor
iv) Preprocessor Home Page
- A. Both (i) and (ii)
- B. Both (ii) and (iv)
- C. Only (ii)
- D. Both (i) and (iii)
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
PHP previously stood for Personal Home Page now stands for Hypertext Preprocessor.
2. Who is the father of PHP?
- A. Rasmus Lerdorf
- B. Willam Makepiece
- C. Drek Kolkevi
- D. List Barely
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Rasmus Lerdorf
3. PHP files have a default file extension of.
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
.php
4. A PHP script should start with ___ and end with ___:
- A.
< php >
- B.
< ? php ?>
- C.
< ? ? >
- D.
< ?php ? >
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Every section of PHP code starts and ends by turning on and off PHP tags to let the server know that it needs to execute the PHP in between them.
5. Which of the looping statements is/are supported by PHP?
i) for loop
ii) while loop
iii) do-while loop
iv) foreach loop
- A. (i) and (ii)
- B. (i), (ii) and (iii)
- C. All of the mentioned
- D. None of the mentioned
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
All of the mentioned
