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How to prepare for the PHP certification
Passing PHP certification exam is a peculiar experience
● What is the PHP certification ?
● What does the exam looks like ?
● How to prepare for the exam ?
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What is the PHP certification ?
● Provided by Zend Technologies
● Assures a minimum level
● Forces you to know PHP basics
● Opens a community of Zend Certified Engineers
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What does the exam looks like ?
● 90 minutes to answer all questions
● Possibility to mark answers and review them
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What does the exam looks like ?
Composed of 70 questions in 10 different topics :➔ PHP basics➔ Data formats and types➔ Strings & Patterns➔ Arrays➔ Input / Output➔ Functions➔ Object-Oriented programming➔ Databases➔ Security➔ Web features
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What does the exam looks like ?
➔ Multiple choice … Only one answer correct◆ Most frequent type
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What does the exam looks like ?
➔ Multiple choice … Two or more answers correct◆ Number of correct answers is indicated
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What does the exam looks like ?
➔ Free text … Open answer◆ No whitespace, no explanations◆ Identify function name, script output, ...
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How to prepare for the exam ?
Trick questions
● Number representations○ Octal, hexadecimal, binary, exponent
● Casts
● References
● Streams
● Don't assume what the code does too quickly
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How to prepare for the exam ?
Zend provides resources to prepare yourself :
● Study Guide (PDF)○ 150 pages
● Recorded training○ 10 videos○ ~ 7 hours
● http://php.net
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How to prepare for the exam ?
Some tips :
● Mark down subjects to need to know better
● Experiment
● Be ultra concentrated
● Pass the exam as soon as you feel ready
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How to prepare for the exam ?
Training questions
● Google form made by Inovia
○ Questions from Study Guide
○ Good example of what you get on the exam
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Conclusion
➔ Not so hard if you are well prepared
➔ Be ultra focused during the exam and preparation
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Resources
Directory of Zend Certified Engineershttp://www.zend.com/fr/services/certification/zend-certified-engineer-directory#cid=0&certtype=&firstname=&lastname=&company=inovia&ClientCandidateID=
Training questions(internal only)
Ultimate MANhttp://php.net
Experimentation toolhttp://3v4l.org
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