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2007.03.01

I did it...

I just ordered the book to study for Zend's PHP 5 certification exam.

*gulps* Here goes...

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Posted by at 9:13 p.m.

You'll do great!

Posted by on 2007.03.01 at 5:47 p.m.

I'm sure you'll do fine. I have much faith in your ability to do well on tests...or anything academic for that matter. :)

BTW, I have no clue what Zend's PHP 5 certification is or what it merits the person certified?

Posted by on 2007.03.01 at 6:18 p.m.

Zend's doing certs now?

And you're actually going to study for it?!

Okay...the latter isn't really surprising, given whom I'm addressing. But you're probably the most knowledgeable and experienced PHP programmer I know, and I'd be surprised if you couldn't pass without studying.

[b]Edit:[/b]Okay, I just looked over the [url=http://www.zend.com/education/zend_php_certification/php_5_certification]list of exam topics[/url], and I can see why you'd want to bone up, even if you weren't Luke Sneeringer. I'd imagine you only rarely use a lot of those things.

Posted by on 2007.03.01 at 7:39 p.m.

Actually, on all of those categories except one (Web Services), I felt like I'd do a pretty good job. However, considering the test costs $125 to take, I'd rather not be wrong. :)

Posted by on 2007.03.02 at 1:13 a.m.

BTW, I have no clue what Zend's PHP 5 certification is or what it merits the person certified?
Zend is the company that makes PHP.

A certification in any technical practice is basically a statement by the certifying organization that they think that you possess sufficient knowledge (actually, the standard is probably a little higher than "sufficient") about the certified practice.

So, a Zend certification would basically mean that the company that makes PHP has stated that I know how to write it. :)

Incidentally, they'd better give me some certificate to hang on my wall if I pass this. :-P

Posted by on 2007.03.02 at 1:16 a.m.

Incidentally, they'd better give me some certificate to hang on my wall if I pass this. :-P
They give you a fancy-shmancy logo to put on your website, too!

Posted by on 2007.03.02 at 5:22 a.m.

I don't want that. I want a certificate that I can frame and hang on a wall at home or work (better yet, both!).

Posted by on 2007.03.02 at 7:12 a.m.

I question how much you could test on webservices since everyone does them differently.

Posted by on 2007.03.02 at 8:17 a.m.

We'll find out. ;-)

Posted by on 2007.03.02 at 11:24 a.m.

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