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Php Programming 1000+ MCQ with answer for UPSC CDS

Thursday 9th of March 2023

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1. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $i = 0;
while (++$i && --$i){ print $i;
} ?>

A. 1234567891011121314….infinitely
B. 01234567891011121314…infinitely
C. no output
D. error
Answer : C
2. If the format is F then which one of the following will be returned?
A. Complete text representation of month
B. Day of month, with leading zero
C. Daylight saving time
D. Day of month, without zeros
Answer : A
3. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  define(__LINE__, PHP is a scripting language);
echo __LINE__;
?>

A. PHP is a scripting language
B. __LINE__
C. 2
D. ERROR
Answer : C
4. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $i = 0;
while(++$i || --$i){ print $i;
} ?>

A. 1234567891011121314….infinitely
B. 01234567891011121314…infinitely
C. 1
D. 0
Answer : A
5. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $i = ;
while ($i = 10){ print hi;
}print hello;
?>

A. hello
B. infinite loop
C. hihello
D. error
Answer : B
6. What will be the output of the following PHP code? If say date is 22/06/2013.
     <?php      printf( date(t) )     ?> 

A. 30
B. 22
C. JUNE
D. 2013
Answer : A
7. If the directive session.cookie_lifetime is set to 3600, the cookie will live until..
A. 3600 sec
B. 3600 min
C. 3600 hrs
D. the browser is restarted
Answer : A
8. How many ways can a session data be stored?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
Answer : B
9. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $color1 = red;
$color2 = green;
echo $color1.$color2;
?>

A. red green
B. red
C. green
D. error
Answer : D
10. What will be the output of the following PHP code?
     <?php      echo (checkdate(4,31,2010) ? 'Valid' : 'Invalid');
?>

A. TRUE
B. FALSE
C. Valid
D. Invalid
Answer : D
11. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $i = 0;
while ($i = 10){ print hi;
}print hello;
?>

A. hello
B. infinite loop
C. hihello
D. error
Answer : B
12. What is the default time(in seconds) for which session data is considered valid?
A. 1800
B. 3600
C. 1440
D. 1540
Answer : C
13. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  define('GOOD_OCTAL', 0700);
define('BAD_OCTAL', 0600);
print GOOD_OCTAL;
print '
';
print BAD_OCTAL;
?>

A. 448
384
B. 0700
0800
C. ERROR
D. No output
Answer : A
14.

PHP files have a default file extension of..



A.

.html


B.

.xml


C.

.php


D.

.ph


Answer : C
15. Neglecting to set which of the following cookie will result in the cookies domain being set to the host name of the server which generated it.
A.
session.domain

B.
session.path

C.
session.cookie_path

D.
session.cookie_domain

Answer : D
16. Say you want to calculate the date 45 days from the present date which one of the following statement will you use?
A.
totime(+45)

B.
totime(+45 days)

C.
strtotime(+45 days)

D.
strtotime(-45 days)

Answer : C
17. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $color1 = red;
$color2 = red;
echo $color1 + $color2;
?>

A. redgreen
B. red green
C. 0
D. 1
Answer : C
18. What will be the output of the following PHP code?
 <?php  $a1 = array(red, green);
$a2 = array(blue, yellow);
print_r(array_merge($a1, $a2));
?>

A.
Array ( [0] => red [1] => green)

B.
Array ( [0] => blue [1] => yellow [2] => red [3] => green )

C.
Array ( [0] => red [1] => green [2] => blue [3] => yellow )

D.
Array ( [0] => blue [1] => yellow )

Answer : C
19. Which one of the following format parameter can be used to identify timezone?
A. T
B. N
C. E
D. I
Answer : C
20. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $color = red;
echo $color . red ;
?>

A. red red
B. red
C. error
D. nothing
Answer : C
21.

A PHP script should start with ___ and end with ___:



A.

< php >


B.

< ? php ?>


C.

<?php ?>


D.

<% %>


Answer : C
22. What will be the output of the following code? If say date is 22/06/2013.
     <?php      echo Today is .date(F d, Y)     ?> 

A. Today is 22 June, 2013
B. Today is 22-06-2013
C. Today is 06-22-2013
D. Today is June 22, 2013
Answer : D
23. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $color1 = 1;
$color2 = 1;
echo $color1 + $color2;
?>

A. 11
B. 2
C. 0
D. 1
Answer : B
24. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  define('IF', 42);
echo IF: , IF;
?>

A. IF:42
B. No output
C. IF:
D. ERROR
Answer : D
25. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $i = 5;
while (--$i > 0){ $i++;
print $i;
print hello;
} ?>

A. 4hello4hello4hello4hello4hello…..infinite
B. 5hello5hello5hello5hello5hello…..infinite
C. no output
D. error
Answer : A
26. What will be the output of the following PHP code?
 <?php  $a = array(A, Cat, Dog, A, Dog);
print_r(array_count_values($a));
?>

A.
Array ( [A] => 2 [Cat] => 1 [Dog] => 2 )

B.
Array ( [A] => 2 [Cat] => 2 [Dog] => 1 )

C.
Array ( [A] => 1 [Cat] => 1 [Dog] => 2 )

D.
Array ( [A] => 2 [Cat] => 1 [Dog] => 1)

Answer : A
27. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $i = 5;
while (--$i > 0 || ++$i){ print $i;
} ?>

A. 54321111111….infinitely
B. 555555555…infinitely
C. 54321
D. 5
Answer : A
28. If session.use_cookie is set to 0, this results in use of..
A. Session
B. Cookie
C. URL rewriting
D. Nothing happens
Answer : C
29. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $i = 2;
while (++$i){ while ($i --> 0) print $i;
} ?>

A. 210
B. 10
C. no output
D. infinite loop
Answer : A
30. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $i = 0;
while ((--$i > ++$i) - 1){ print $i;
} ?>

A. 00000000000000000000….infinitely
B. -1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1…infinitely
C. no output
D. error
Answer : A
31. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  define(GREETING, PHP is a scripting language, true);
echo GREETING;
echo
echo GREETING;
?>

A. PHP is a scripting language
B. GREETING
GREEtING
C. GREETING
D. PHP is a scripting language
PHP is a scripting language
Answer : D
32. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  class myObject { }define('myObject::CONSTANT', 'test');
echo myObject::CONSTANT;
?>

A. test
B. error
C. myObject::CONSTANT
D. no output
Answer : B
33. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $color1 = red;
$color2 = 1;
echo $color1 + $color2;
?>

A. red1
B. red 1
C. 0
D. 1
Answer : D
34. What will be the output of the following PHP code?
 <?php  $a = array(red, green, blue);
array_pop($a);
print_r($a);
?>

A.
Array ( [0] => red [1] => green )

B.
Array ( [0] => green [1] => blue )

C.
Array ( [0] => red [1] => blue )

D.
Array ( [0] => blue [1] => blue )

Answer : A
35. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $i = 2;
while (++$i){ while (--$i > 0) print $i;
} ?>

A. 210
B. 10
C. no output
D. infinite loop
Answer : D
36. What will be the output of the following PHP code?
 <?php  $cars = array(Volvo, BMW, Toyota);
echo I like . $cars[0] . , . $cars[1] . and . $cars[2] . .;
?>

A. I like Volvo BMW and Toyota.
B. I like Volvo, BMW and Toyota)
C. I like Volvo, BMW and Toyota.
D. I like. Volvo.,. BMW. and. Toyota)
Answer : B
37. Which directive determines how the session information will be stored?
A.
save_data

B.
session.save

C.
session.save_data

D.
session.save_handler

Answer : D
38.

What will be the output of the following code?



<?php
$foo = 'Bob';
$bar = &$foo;
$bar = "My name is $bar";
echo $bar;
echo $foo;
?>


A.

Error


B.

My name is BobBob


C.

My name is BobMy name is Bob


D.

My name is Bob Bob


Answer : C
39. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $color1 = red;
$color2 = green;
echo $color1 . $color2;
?>

A. red
B. green
C. red green
D. redgreen
Answer : D
40.

What does PHP stand for?


i) Personal Home Page
ii) Hypertext Preprocessor
iii) Pretext Hypertext Processor
iv) Preprocessor Home Page



A.

Both i) and iii)


B.

Both ii) and iv)


C.

Only ii)


D.

Both i) and ii)


Answer : D
41. What is the default number of seconds that cached session pages are made available before the new pages are created?
A. 360
B. 180
C. 3600
D. 1800
Answer : B
42. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  define('GREETING_TEST', 'PHP is a scripting language', true);
echo GREETING_TESt;
$changing_variable = 'test';
echo constant('GREETING_' . strtoupper($changing_variable));
?>

A. PHP is a scripting language
PHP is a scripting language
B. GREETING_TESt
C. PHP is a scripting language
D. PHP is a scripting language
GREETING_TEST
Answer : A
43.

Which of the following PHP statements will output Hello World on the screen?
i) echo (“Hello World”);
ii) print (“Hello World”);
iii) printf (“Hello World”);
iv) sprintf (“Hello World”);



A.

i) and ii)


B.

i), ii) and iii)


C.

All of the mentioned


D.

i), ii) and iv)


Answer : B
44. What will be the output of the following PHP code?
 <?php  $cars = array(Volvo, BMW, Toyota, Honda, Mercedes, Opel);
print_r(array_chunk($cars, 2));
?>

A.
Array ( [0] => Array ( [1] => Volvo [2] => BMW ) [1] => Array ( [1] => Toyota [2] => Honda ) [2] => Array ( [1] => Mercedes [2] => Opel ) )

B.
Array ( [1] => Array ( [1] => Volvo [2] => BMW ) [2] => Array ( [1] => Toyota [2] => Honda ) [3] => Array ( [1] => Mercedes [2] => Opel ) )

C.
Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => Volvo [1] => Volvo ) [1] => Array ( [0] => BMW [1] => BMW ) [2] => Array ( [0] => Toyota [1] => Toyota ) )

D.
Array ( [0] => Array ( [0] => Volvo [1] => BMW ) [1] => Array ( [0] => Toyota [1] => Honda ) [2] => Array ( [0] => Mercedes [1] => Opel ) )

Answer : D
45. Which one of the following is the very first task executed by a session enabled page?
A. Delete the previous session
B. Start a new session
C. Check whether a valid session exists
D. Handle the session
Answer : C
46. What will be the output of the following PHP code?
 <?php  $a1 = array(a=>red, b=>green, c=>blue, d=>yellow);
$a2 = array(e=>red, f=>green, g=>blue);
$result = array_diff($a1, $a2);
print_r($result);
?>

A.
Array ( [d] => yellow )

B.
Array ( [c] => blue )

C.
Array ( [a] => red )

D.
Array ( [e] => yellow )

Answer : A
47. What will be the output of the following PHP code?
 <?php  $age = array(Peter=>35, Ben=>37, Joe=>43);
print_r(array_change_key_case($age, CASE_UPPER));
?>

A.
Array ( [Peter] => 35 [Ben] => 37 [Joe] => 43 )

B.
Array ( [peter] => 35 [ben] => 37 [joe] => 43 )

C.
Array ( [PETER] => 35 [BEN] => 37 [JOE] => 43 )

D.
Array ( [PeTeR] => 35 [BeN] => 37 [Joe] => 43 )

Answer : C
48. What will be the output of the following PHP code?
 <?php  $a1 = array_fill(3, 4, blue);
$b1 = array_fill(0, 1, red);
print_r($a1);
echo
;
print_r($b1);
?>

A.
Array ( [3] => blue [4] => blue) 
Array ( [0] => red )

B.
Array ( [4] => blue [5] => blue [6] => blue) 
Array ( [0] => red )

C.
Array ( [3] => blue [4] => blue [5] => blue [6] => blue ) 
Array ()

D.
Array ( [3] => blue [4] => blue [5] => blue [6] => blue ) 
Array ( [0] => red )

Answer : D
49. What will be the output of the following PHP code ?
 <?php  $color1 = red;
$color2 = green;
echo $color1 + $color2;
?>

A. redgreen
B. red green
C. 0
D. error
Answer : C
50. The date() function returns ___ representation of the current date and/or time.
A. Integer
B. String
C. Boolean
D. Float
Answer : B

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