Latest Interview Question

What does a special set of tags do in PHP?
The output is displayed directly to the browser.

How do you define a constant?
Via define() directive, like define ("MYCONSTANT", 100);

I am trying to assign a variable the value of 0123, but it keeps coming up with a different number, what’s the problem?
PHP Interpreter treats numbers beginning with 0 as octal. Look at the similar PHP interview questions for more numeric problems.

Are objects passed by value or by reference?
Everything is passed by value.

What are the differences between DROP a table and TRUNCATE a table?
DROP TABLE table_name - This will delete the table and its data.

TRUNCATE TABLE table_name - This will delete the data of the table, but not the table definition.

How do you call a constructor for a parent class?
parent::constructor($value)