How PHP executes on the server - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to start a PHP script.

PHP

<?php ?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Astart

Becho

Cphp

Dscript

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'echo' or 'start' instead of the PHP opening tag.

Forgetting to open the PHP tag.

PHP scripts start with the

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to output text to the browser.

PHP

<?php echo [1]; ?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'Hello World'

B"Hello World"

CHello World

DHello

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using quotes around the text.

Using incomplete quotes.

Text output in PHP must be inside quotes to be treated as a string.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the PHP code to correctly end the statement.

PHP

<?php echo 'Hello'[1] ?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A.

B;

C:

D,

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a period or colon instead of a semicolon.

Forgetting to end the statement.

Each PHP statement must end with a semicolon ; to separate it from the next.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a PHP variable and assign a value.

PHP

<?php [1] = [2]; ?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A$name

B'John'

CJohn

Dname

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using $ before variable name.

Assigning string without quotes.

Variables in PHP start with $ and strings need quotes.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create an associative array and access a value.

PHP

<?php $person = array([1] => [2]); echo $person[[3]]; ?>

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'name'

B'John'

D'age'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using quotes around keys or values.

Using wrong key to access array.

Associative arrays use key => value pairs and keys are accessed with quotes.