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    What is the function of the ucfirst and lcfirst functions?

    • To make the string's first character uppercase or lowercase, respectively.
    • To make the string's first word uppercase or lowercase, respectively.
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This quiz is meant for self-study to aid in learning/memorizing the string functions in PHP.

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  • 2. 

    What is the output of the following code snippet? $str = 'asdfghyo off on off'; $replace_pairs = array('a' => 'q', 's' => 'w', 'd' => 'e', 'f' => 'r', 'y' => 'z', 'o' => 'i', 'off' => 'on', 'on' => 'off'); echo strtr($str, $replace_pairs);

    • Qwerghzi on off on

    • Qwerghzo on off on

    • Qwerghzi on on on

    • Qwerghzi off off off

    Correct Answer
    A. Qwerghzi on off on
    Explanation
    Because strtr() ALWAYS looks for the longest possible match first, the 'o' => 'i' translation is not disrupted by the keys in 'off' => 'on' and 'on' => 'off' both starting with the character 'o'

    Because strtr() will *NOT* try to replace stuff it has already worked on, the 'off' => 'on' translations don't translate the latter part of $str into 'on on on'

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  • 3. 

    What is the output of: $string = "This is\tan example\nstring"; $tok = strtok($string, " \n\t"); while ($tok !== false) { echo "Word=$tok[br /]"; //pretend like [br /] is a real line break $tok = strtok(" \n\t"); }

    • This is an example string

    • This is an example string

    Correct Answer
    A. This is an example string
    Explanation
    In the token " \n\t" you'll notice there's a space, which is a valid delimiter, as such, B is correct, being split up across spaces as well as line breaks and tabs

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  • 4. 

    What is the output of the following code snippet? echo stristr('pHPzphpZpHPZfoo', 'Z');

    • ZphpZPHPZfoo

    • ZPHPZfoo

    • Zphpzphpzfoo

    • PhpZPHPZfoo

    Correct Answer
    A. ZphpZPHPZfoo
    Explanation
    stristr returns $haystack (parameter 1) from $needle onwards ($parameter 2) in a case insensitive fashion

    strstr($haystack, $needle) is the case sensitive version of the function

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  • 5. 

    What is the output of the following? echo str_replace('@', ' [anti-spam] ', '[email protected]', $count); echo $count . ' values found.'; $phrase = "You should eat fruits, vegetables, and fiber every day."; $healthy = array("fruits", "vegetables", "fiber"); $yummy = array("pizza", "beer", "ice cream"); echo str_replace($healthy, $yummy, $phrase); $vowels = array("a", "e", "i", "o", "u", "A", "E", "I", "O", "U"); echo str_replace($vowels, "", "Hello World of pHP");

    • [email protected] 0 values replaced. You should eat pizza, beer, and ice cream every day. Hll Wrld f PHP

    • Email [anti-spam] example.com 1 values replaced. You should eat pizza, beer, and ice cream every day. Hll Wrld f PHP

    • Email [anti-spam] example.com 1 values replaced. You should eat pizza, beer, and ice cream every day. Hllo World of PHP

    • Email [anti-spam] example.com 1 values replaced. You should eat ice cream, beer, and pizza every day. Hll Wrld f PHP

    Correct Answer
    A. Email [anti-spam] example.com 1 values replaced. You should eat pizza, beer, and ice cream every day. Hll Wrld f PHP
    Explanation
    B) is correct

    mixed str_replace ( mixed $search , mixed $replace , mixed $subject [, int &$count ] )

    @ is replaced with [anti-spam]

    The fourth (optional) parameter $count (passed by reference) tells you how many values were counted

    If both $search and $replace are passed in as arrays, each corresponding value is replaced

    In the last one, all vowels are replaced with "" or an empty string

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  • 6. 

    What is the output of: echo strcspn('1-800-555-5555', '0');

    • 2

    • 3

    • 5

    • 0

    Correct Answer
    A. 3
    Explanation
    B) is correct because strcspn returns the INITIAL SEGMENT of param1 that does NOT contain characters from param2

    params 3 and 4 are start and length, respectively, which you can change the output of the function with.

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  • 7. 

    What is the output of the following? echo strcmp('first', 'second'), ", "; echo strcmp('44', '054'), ", "; echo strcmp('0x80', 'a'), ", "; echo strcmp('a', 'A');

    • -1, 1, -1, 1

    • -1, 0, -1, 1

    • 1, 0, 1, -1

    • -1, -1, -1, -1

    • -1, -1, 1, -1

    Correct Answer
    A. -1, 0, -1, 1
    Explanation
    strcmp Returns < 0 if str1 is less than str2 ; > 0 if str1 is greater than str2 , and 0 if they are equal.

    //Order of precedence is: z > a, z > A, Z > 1 > 9 > 0

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  • 8. 

    What is the output of: echo strspn('1800-555-5555789', '0123456789');

    • 1

    • 7

    • 4

    • 0

    Correct Answer
    A. 1
    Explanation
    strspn is a pretty FUCKING RETARDED function and only checks the INITIAL SEGMENT of parameter 1 against all characters in parameter 2

    If it was 1-800-555-whatever as the first parameter, then it would only return 1, because the INITIAL SEGMENT (containing characters from JUST parameter 2) is 1 character long

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  • 9. 

    What is the output of the following? $text = 'This is a test'; echo substr_count($text, 'is'), ', ' echo substr_count($text, 'is', 3), ', '; echo substr_count($text, 'is', 3, 3), ', '; echo substr_count($text, 'is', 5, 10), ', '; $text2 = 'gcdgcdgcd'; echo substr_count($text2, 'gcdgcd');

    • 2, 1, 0, WARNING, 1

    • 2, 1, 0, , 1

    • 2, 1, 0, WARNING, 2

    • 2, 1, 0, , 2

    • 2, 1, 1, WARNING, 1

    Correct Answer
    A. 2, 1, 0, WARNING, 2
    Explanation
    C is correct
    In the first one, there's 2 counts of $needle in $haystack

    In the second one, by setting the offset to 3, there's now only one $needle in $haystack

    In the third one, by setting the offset to 3 and length to 3, there's now only one $needle in $haystack (would be 's i')

    In the fourth one, the offset + length exceed the length of the string, throwing a WARNING

    In the fifth one, overlapping $needle's are NOT counted

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  • 10. 

    What is the output of the following? echo substr("abcdef", -2), ', '; echo substr("abcdef", 4), ', '; echo substr("abcdef", -3, -1), ', '; echo substr("abcdef", 4, -2), ', '; echo substr("abcdef", 2, -1);

    • Cdef, ef, de, , cde

    • Ef, ef, de, e, cde

    • Ef, ef, de, , cdef

    • Ef, ef, de, , cde

    • Abcd, de, de, , cde

    Correct Answer
    A. Ef, ef, de, , cde
    Explanation
    string substr ( string $string , int $start [, int $length ] )

    negative start starting $start positions from the end of the string

    negative length means reading in characters $length positions before the end of the string

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  • 11. 

    What is the output of the following? $haystack = "Hello World!'; $needle = 'lo'; echo strrchr($haystack, $needle);

    • 3

    • 4

    • Llo World!

    • Ld!

    Correct Answer
    A. Ld!
    Explanation
    D) is correct because strrchr returns the part of the string which contains the last occurance of $needle in $haystack, up until the end of $haystack

    Also, if $needle contains more than one characters, only the first one is used (unlike strstr)

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  • 12. 

    What is the output of the following script? echo strlen('foo' . chr(0) . '1'), ', ', strlen(0x00);

    • 5, 1

    • 3, 0

    • 3, 4

    • 5, 0

    • 4, 0

    Correct Answer
    A. 5, 0
    Explanation
    0x00 (the number) when converted to a string has no length

    Unlike in C, a null character won't terminate the string

    Therefore D is correct

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  • 13. 

    What is the output of the following? echo strncasecmp('hello world', 'HelloWorld', 5), ', '; echo strcmp(44, 054), ', '; echo strcasecmp('xyz', 'ABC'), ', '; echo strncmp('0', 'Z', 1), ', '; echo strcmp('bb', 'aaaa');

    • 1, 1, 1, -1, 1

    • 0, 0, -1, -1, 1

    • 1, 1, -23, 1, -1

    • -1, 0, -1, 1, -1

    • 0, 0, -23, -1, 1

    Correct Answer
    A. 0, 0, -23, -1, 1
    Explanation
    E) is correct because for the first one, strncasecmp compares str1 to str2 in a case-insensitive fashion, for the first 5 characters

    For the second one, 054 (octal 44) is converted to decimal first, and then 44 == 44

    For the third one, strcasecmp, xyz is converted to uppercase or ABC is converted to lowercase, and a is 23 positions away from x in ASCII

    For the fourth one, 0 is compared to Z, for the first 1 characters, letters (even uppercase ones) take precedence over numbers

    Finally, for the fourth one. Even though bb is shorter than aaaa, b is higher than a, so str1 is "greater"

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