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About the test:

The PHP online test includes scenario-based MCQ questions to evaluate candidates on PHP fundamentals, structuring PHP code using Object-oriented programming techniques, Handling errors and exceptions, Server Side Caching Types & Schemes. The test has coding questions to evaluate hands-on PHP programming skills.

Covered skills:

  • PHP Fundamentals
  • PHP built-in functions
  • Using PHP Sessions
  • Database Handling
  • PHP OOPs
  • PHP custom functions
  • Error and Exception Handling

9 reasons why
9 reasons why

Adaface PHP Test is the most accurate way to shortlist Core PHP Developers



Reason #1

Tests for on-the-job skills

The PHP Online Test helps recruiters and hiring managers identify qualified candidates from a pool of resumes, and helps in taking objective hiring decisions. It reduces the administrative overhead of interviewing too many candidates and saves time by filtering out unqualified candidates at the first step of the hiring process.

The test screens for the following skills that hiring managers look for in candidates:

  • Efficiently handling exceptions and errors
  • Understanding and implementing PHP OOPs concepts
  • Using and manipulating PHP built-in functions
  • Creating and utilizing PHP custom functions
  • Working with PHP Sessions for user management
  • Applying error and exception handling techniques in PHP
  • Performing database handling operations using PHP
  • Understanding PHP Fundamentals and syntax
Reason #2

No trick questions

no trick questions

Traditional assessment tools use trick questions and puzzles for the screening, which creates a lot of frustration among candidates about having to go through irrelevant screening assessments.

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The main reason we started Adaface is that traditional pre-employment assessment platforms are not a fair way for companies to evaluate candidates. At Adaface, our mission is to help companies find great candidates by assessing on-the-job skills required for a role.

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Reason #3

Non-googleable questions

We have a very high focus on the quality of questions that test for on-the-job skills. Every question is non-googleable and we have a very high bar for the level of subject matter experts we onboard to create these questions. We have crawlers to check if any of the questions are leaked online. If/ when a question gets leaked, we get an alert. We change the question for you & let you know.

How we design questions

These are just a small sample from our library of 10,000+ questions. The actual questions on this PHP Online Test will be non-googleable.

🧐 Question

Medium

Dynamic Function Calls
Arrays
Strings
Functions
Solve
Consider the following PHP pseudo code:
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The processArray function processes the $data array based on the transformation operations defined in the $operations array. The operations array dictates which transformation function to call for each sub-array key. What will be the output of the above code?
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Hard

Alter and Change
OOPs
Solve
What does the following code output?
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Hard

Exceptions
Exceptions
Solve
What does the following code output?
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Easy

PDO MySQL
Database Connections
Solve
Consider the following table data and PHP code. What is the result?
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Medium

Session Management and Object Serialization
Sessions
Serialization
Solve
Consider the following PHP script:
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Assuming you run the script twice in a row without clearing the session data, what will be the output on the second run?

Easy

Registration Queue
Logic
Queues
Solve
We want to register students for the next semester. All students have a receipt which shows the amount pending for the previous semester. A positive amount (or zero) represents that the student has paid extra fees, and a negative amount represents that they have pending fees to be paid. The students are in a queue for the registration. We want to arrange the students in a way such that the students who have a positive amount on the receipt get registered first as compared to the students who have a negative amount. We are given a queue in the form of an array containing the pending amount.
For example, if the initial queue is [20, 70, -40, 30, -10], then the final queue will be [20, 70, 30, -40, -10]. Note that the sequence of students should not be changed while arranging them unless required to meet the condition.
⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note:
- The first line of the input is the length of the array. The second line contains all the elements of the array.
- The input is already parsed into an array of "strings" and passed to a function. You will need to convert string to integer/number type inside the function.
- You need to "print" the final result (not return it) to pass the test cases.

For the example discussed above, the input will be:
5
20 70 -40 30 -10

Your code needs to print the following to the standard output:
20 70 30 -40 -10

Medium

Visitors Count
Strings
Logic
Solve
A manager hires a staff member to keep a record of the number of men, women, and children visiting the museum daily. The staff will note W if any women visit, M for men, and C for children. You need to write code that takes the string that represents the visits and prints the count of men, woman and children. The sequencing should be in decreasing order. 
Example:

Input:
WWMMWWCCC

Expected Output: 
4W3C2M

Explanation: 
‘W’ has the highest count, then ‘C’, then ‘M’. 
⚠️⚠️⚠️ Note:
- The input is already parsed and passed to a function.
- You need to "print" the final result (not return it) to pass the test cases.
- If the input is- “MMW”, then the expected output is "2M1W" since there is no ‘C’.
- If any of them have the same count, the output should follow this order - M, W, C.
🧐 Question🔧 Skill

Medium

Dynamic Function Calls
Arrays
Strings
Functions

2 mins

PHP
Solve

Hard

Alter and Change
OOPs

2 mins

PHP
Solve

Hard

Exceptions
Exceptions

2 mins

PHP
Solve

Easy

PDO MySQL
Database Connections

2 mins

PHP
Solve

Medium

Session Management and Object Serialization
Sessions
Serialization

2 mins

PHP
Solve

Easy

Registration Queue
Logic
Queues

30 mins

Coding
Solve

Medium

Visitors Count
Strings
Logic

30 mins

Coding
Solve
🧐 Question🔧 Skill💪 Difficulty⌛ Time
Dynamic Function Calls
Arrays
Strings
Functions
PHP
Medium2 mins
Solve
Alter and Change
OOPs
PHP
Hard2 mins
Solve
Exceptions
Exceptions
PHP
Hard2 mins
Solve
PDO MySQL
Database Connections
PHP
Easy2 mins
Solve
Session Management and Object Serialization
Sessions
Serialization
PHP
Medium2 mins
Solve
Registration Queue
Logic
Queues
Coding
Easy30 minsSolve
Visitors Count
Strings
Logic
Coding
Medium30 minsSolve
Reason #4

1200+ customers in 75 countries

customers in 75 countries
Brandon

With Adaface, we were able to optimise our initial screening process by upwards of 75%, freeing up precious time for both hiring managers and our talent acquisition team alike!


Brandon Lee, Head of People, Love, Bonito

Reason #5

Designed for elimination, not selection

The most important thing while implementing the pre-employment PHP Online Test in your hiring process is that it is an elimination tool, not a selection tool. In other words: you want to use the test to eliminate the candidates who do poorly on the test, not to select the candidates who come out at the top. While they are super valuable, pre-employment tests do not paint the entire picture of a candidate’s abilities, knowledge, and motivations. Multiple easy questions are more predictive of a candidate's ability than fewer hard questions. Harder questions are often "trick" based questions, which do not provide any meaningful signal about the candidate's skillset.

Science behind Adaface tests
Reason #6

1 click candidate invites

Email invites: You can send candidates an email invite to the PHP Online Test from your dashboard by entering their email address.

Public link: You can create a public link for each test that you can share with candidates.

API or integrations: You can invite candidates directly from your ATS by using our pre-built integrations with popular ATS systems or building a custom integration with your in-house ATS.

invite candidates
Reason #7

Detailed scorecards & benchmarks

Reason #8

High completion rate

Adaface tests are conversational, low-stress, and take just 25-40 mins to complete.

This is why Adaface has the highest test-completion rate (86%), which is more than 2x better than traditional assessments.

test completion rate
Reason #9

Advanced Proctoring


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About the PHP Assessment Test

Why you should use Pre-employment PHP Online Test?

The PHP Online Test makes use of scenario-based questions to test for on-the-job skills as opposed to theoretical knowledge, ensuring that candidates who do well on this screening test have the relavant skills. The questions are designed to covered following on-the-job aspects:

  • Ability to write PHP code using fundamental concepts and syntax
  • Knowledge of object-oriented programming concepts in PHP
  • Experience with PHP built-in functions and their usage
  • Proficiency in creating custom functions in PHP
  • Understanding of using PHP sessions for managing user data
  • Expertise in handling exceptions and errors in PHP
  • Competency in handling database operations using PHP
  • Familiarity with PHP frameworks and their application
  • Capability to optimize PHP code for improved performance
  • Experience in debugging and troubleshooting PHP applications

Once the test is sent to a candidate, the candidate receives a link in email to take the test. For each candidate, you will receive a detailed report with skills breakdown and benchmarks to shortlist the top candidates from your pool.

What topics are covered in the PHP Online Test?

  • PHP Fundamentals

    PHP Fundamentals refers to the basic concepts and principles of the PHP programming language. This includes understanding variables, data types, operators, control structures, and basic syntax. Assessing this skill is important as it forms the foundation on which all PHP programming is built.

  • PHP OOPs

    PHP OOPs (Object-Oriented Programming) is a programming paradigm that utilizes objects, classes, and inheritance to organize and structure code. Assessing this skill is essential as it allows developers to create modular, reusable, and maintainable code, leading to more efficient software development.

  • PHP built-in functions

    PHP built-in functions are pre-defined functions provided by PHP that perform specific tasks. Assessing this skill is important as it demonstrates a candidate's familiarity with the standard library functions and their ability to utilize them effectively in PHP development.

  • PHP custom functions

    PHP custom functions are user-defined functions that allow developers to encapsulate reusable blocks of code for specific tasks. Assessing this skill is valuable as it measures a candidate's ability to create and utilize custom functions, enhancing code reusability, readability, and maintainability.

  • Using PHP Sessions

    Using PHP Sessions refers to the ability to manage and maintain user-specific data across multiple page requests by utilizing PHP session handling mechanisms. Assessing this skill is crucial as it determines a candidate's capability to implement user authentication, maintain user state, and personalize user experiences in web applications.

  • Error and Exception Handling

    Error and Exception Handling in PHP involves the ability to identify, catch, and handle errors and exceptions that occur during the execution of PHP code. Assessing this skill is important as it showcases a candidate's understanding of how to gracefully handle errors, prevent application crashes, and maintain data integrity.

  • Database Handling

    Database Handling in PHP involves interacting with databases to perform operations like storing, retrieving, updating, and deleting data using PHP. Assessing this skill is essential as it demonstrates a candidate's proficiency in working with databases, manipulating data, and implementing data-driven functionalities in web applications.

  • Full list of covered topics

    The actual topics of the questions in the final test will depend on your job description and requirements. However, here's a list of topics you can expect the questions for PHP Online Test to be based on.

    Variables
    Data types
    Conditional statements
    Loops
    Functions
    Arrays
    String manipulation
    File handling
    Working with dates and times
    Regular expressions
    Object-oriented programming
    Classes and objects
    Inheritance
    Polymorphism
    Encapsulation
    Abstraction
    Interfaces
    Magic methods
    Traits
    Type hinting
    Namespaces
    Filesystem functions
    Database connection
    Executing SQL queries
    Data retrieval and manipulation
    Prepared statements
    Transactions
    Error handling
    Exceptions
    Logging
    Debugging
    Cookies and sessions
    Working with session variables
    Session management
    Session security
    Session handling in different scenarios
    CRUD operations
    Database queries
    Data validation
    Database transactions
    Error reporting
    Custom error handling
    Exception handling
    Handling fatal errors
    Database design
    Normalization
    Query optimization
    Indexing
    SQL injection prevention
    Database security best practices

What roles can I use the PHP Online Test for?

  • Core PHP Developer
  • Core PHP Programmer
  • Senior PHP Developer
  • Backend Developer
  • Laravel Developer
  • Full-stack Developer

How is the PHP Online Test customized for senior candidates?

For intermediate/ experienced candidates, we customize the assessment questions to include advanced topics and increase the difficulty level of the questions. This might include adding questions on topics like

  • Proficient in working with PHP libraries and APIs
  • Knowledge of secure coding practices in PHP
  • Ability to integrate PHP with other web technologies
  • Understanding of PHP file handling and manipulation
  • Expertise in working with PHP database drivers
  • Proficiency in using PHP for server-side scripting
  • Knowledge of PHP templating engines and their usage
  • Capability to write clean and maintainable PHP code
  • Experience with version control systems like Git
  • Proficient in using PHP documentation and resources

The coding question for experienced candidates will be of a higher difficulty level to evaluate more hands-on experience.

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The hiring managers felt that through the technical questions that they asked during the panel interviews, they were able to tell which candidates had better scores, and differentiated with those who did not score as well. They are highly satisfied with the quality of candidates shortlisted with the Adaface screening.


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PHP Hiring Test FAQs

Can I evaluate Laravel along with PHP?

Yes. We provide ready-to-go PHP + Laravel test where you can assess Laravel, PHP and coding skills in a single assessment.

We also provide customized assessments where we customize the assessment according to your job description.

Can I use this test for evaluating full-stack PHP engineers?

This test evaluates core PHP skills. We provide assessments where multiple full-stack skills can be evaluated in a single test. You can review the PHP full-stack engineer test for evaluating PHP, HTML/ CSS, SQL, JavaScript and coding skills. Additionally, you can get a customized assessment created to evaluate your job description's must-have skills.

Can I combine multiple skills into one custom assessment?

Yes, absolutely. Custom assessments are set up based on your job description, and will include questions on all must-have skills you specify. Here's a quick guide on how you can request a custom test.

Do you have any anti-cheating or proctoring features in place?

We have the following anti-cheating features in place:

  • Non-googleable questions
  • IP proctoring
  • Screen proctoring
  • Web proctoring
  • Webcam proctoring
  • Plagiarism detection
  • Secure browser
  • Copy paste protection

Read more about the proctoring features.

How do I interpret test scores?

The primary thing to keep in mind is that an assessment is an elimination tool, not a selection tool. A skills assessment is optimized to help you eliminate candidates who are not technically qualified for the role, it is not optimized to help you find the best candidate for the role. So the ideal way to use an assessment is to decide a threshold score (typically 55%, we help you benchmark) and invite all candidates who score above the threshold for the next rounds of interview.

What experience level can I use this test for?

Each Adaface assessment is customized to your job description/ ideal candidate persona (our subject matter experts will pick the right questions for your assessment from our library of 10000+ questions). This assessment can be customized for any experience level.

Does every candidate get the same questions?

Yes, it makes it much easier for you to compare candidates. Options for MCQ questions and the order of questions are randomized. We have anti-cheating/ proctoring features in place. In our enterprise plan, we also have the option to create multiple versions of the same assessment with questions of similar difficulty levels.

I'm a candidate. Can I try a practice test?

No. Unfortunately, we do not support practice tests at the moment. However, you can use our sample questions for practice.

What is the cost of using this test?

You can check out our pricing plans.

Can I get a free trial?

Yes, you can sign up for free and preview this test.

I just moved to a paid plan. How can I request a custom assessment?

Here is a quick guide on how to request a custom assessment on Adaface.

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