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title: "PHP interview questions for Beginners"  
description: "PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor. It is a server- side scripting language especially for web. Let's see some Top interview questions about core PHP!"  
author: "Kirti Sharma"  
published: 2021-08-17  
updated: 2021-08-17  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/82690/php-interview-questions-for-beginners  
category: "web development"  
tags: ["question hour"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# PHP interview questions for Beginners

Hello Viewers!

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In this blog, I am going to show you some [interview questions](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/249186/8-most-common-interview-questions-with-8-best-answers) about core PHP. Moreover, I will give you a solution you can also comment on yours on a view about each question.

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Let's see the list of Top interview questions about core PHP!

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Q1: What is PHP?

Q2: How to display '[Hello World](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/12912/how-to-show-hello-world-backbone-marionette-js)'.?

Q3: Write the correct opening tag and close tag for PHP scripts.

Q4: How to write single-line comments in PHP?

Q5: How to write multi-line comments in PHP?

Q6: Which character is used to end each statement in PHP?

Q7: How to assign a [string value](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159227/how-to-get-an-enum-value-from-a-string-value-in-java) to the variable in PHP?

Q8: How to get the length of the string by using a PHP built-in function?

Q9: How to replace a word of a string with another word?

Q10: How to reverse a string?

Q11: What is the use of var_dump() in PHP?

Q12: How to check the equality of [two variables](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/161181/how-to-compare-two-variables-in-sql) in PHP?

Q13: What is the syntax of the switch construct in PHP?

Q14: How to create a new function [named as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62213/name-the-cricketer-who-was-named-as-the-player-of-the-tournament-in-cricket-world-cup-2019) display in PHP?

Q15: How to sort an [associative array](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/606/length-of-javascript-object-ie-associative-array) according to value?

Q16: How to sort an [array in ascending order](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33695/sorting-mutable-array-in-ascending-order-in-objective-c)?

Q17: How to use the date function in PHP?

Q18: How to display the current day by using date() in PHP?

Q19: How to get a secure field value in PHP?

Q20: How to display a field value in PHP?

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