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PHP5 Certified

Filed Under PHP, Zend - January 19th, 2007 2:48pm

I finally went out this morning and sat the Zend PHP5 exam (and passed!). It seemed a great deal easier than the original ZCE exam was… but then again that was 2004 and I’ve done a bit more programming since then :)

I thought that the new exam was less obscure than the PHP4 one seemed to me at the time, and covered more ground as well. My hat goes off to Dhwani Vahia at Zend and the community team who put the questions together, they’ve done a great job.

Thanks too to Davey Shafik and Ben Ramsey for their excellent work on the study guide, although I couldn’t find the mentioned PDO section! I’d recommend the book to anyone either considering sitting the ZCE exam or just wanting to learn PHP - it covers almost all of the fundamentals in short time.

The php|architect Vulcan mock exams are good too. I did one this morning before heading out and if anything it was harder than the real exam, so they’re a good indicator of whether you’re ready or not!

In other news I’m off to Sydney on Wednesday for a week for the salsa congress. I was hoping to catch up with the local PHP community over there but just checked their website and I have to fly back to Auckland the day before they meet which is a shame. If any Sydney PHP people are reading this and want to catch up for a beer after the weekend, drop me an email.

Comments

6 Responses to “PHP5 Certified”

  1. Dougal Matthews on January 19th, 2007 4:43 pm

    Hi.

    Congrays on passing! That is great news. I’m interested in taking the test… but how do i know if i’m ready?

    Dougal (@ the other side of the world)

  2. Dougal Matthews on January 19th, 2007 4:45 pm

    Sorry, I’m clearly tripping out. I just seen you recommended trying the Vulcan exams. I’ll give them a shot. :$ sorry. I’ve not slept… to much programming.

  3. enygma on January 20th, 2007 2:32 am

    Congrats! I was the other way around - it thought this new test was a bit harder than the first one. Though you’re right, it was less about the obscure “what does this output” kind of question and more about whether you knew your stuff or not.

    Congrats again…

  4. Ed Finkler on January 20th, 2007 4:03 am

    Congrats! I’ve ordered the study guide myself and a pack of the vulcam mock exams, so hopefully in the near future I’ll be certified as well.

  5. deejay on September 29th, 2007 4:27 am

    congrats, got my certification today !

    am very happy :-)

  6. James on October 1st, 2007 9:39 am

    Congratulations on getting your certification deejay.

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