PHP Interview Questions – Set 05

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Explain some of the PHP string functions?

There are many array functions in PHP:

  • strtolower()
  • strtoupper()
  • ucfirst()
  • lcfirst()
  • ucwords()
  • strrev()
  • strlen()

How can you retrieve a cookie value?

echo $_COOKIE [“user“];

Explain PHP variable length argument function.

PHP supports variable length argument function. It means you can pass 0, 1 or n number of arguments.

How to upload file in PHP?

The move_uploaded_file() function is used to upload file in PHP.

bool move_uploaded_file ( string $filename , string $destination )

What is the Importance of Parser in PHP?

PHP parser parses the PHP developed website from the opening to the closing tag. Tags indicate that from where PHP code is being started and ended. In other words, opening and closing tags decide the scope of PHP scripting syntax of closing tag in PHP

syntax of closing tag in PHP

How can we increase execution time of a PHP script?

By default, the maximum execution time for PHP scripts is set to 30 seconds. If a script takes more than 30 seconds, PHP stops the script and returns an error.

You can change the script run time by changing the max_execution_time directive in the php.ini file.

When a script is called, set_time_limit function restarts the timeout counter from zero. It means, if default timer is set to 30 sec, and 20 sec is specified in function set_time_limit(), then script will run for 45 seconds. If 0sec is specified in this function, script takes unlimited time.

What is the difference between session and cookie?

The main difference between session and cookie is that cookies are stored on user’s computer in the text file format while sessions are stored on the server side.

Cookies can’t hold multiple variables, on the other hand, Session can hold multiple variables.

You can manually set an expiry for a cookie, while session only remains active as long as browser is open.

Explain PHP split() function.

The PHP split() function splits string into an array by regular expression.

What are the methods to submit form in PHP?

There are two methods GET and POST.

What is a session?

PHP Engine creates a logical object to preserve data across subsequent HTTP requests, which is known as session.

Sessions generally store temporary data to allow multiple PHP pages to offer a complete functional transaction for the same user.

Simply, it maintains data of an user (browser).