EoTz.com Web Development Blog » test http://www.eotz.com Another web development blog Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:18:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Zend PHP5 Certified http://www.eotz.com/2008/07/zend-php5-certified/ http://www.eotz.com/2008/07/zend-php5-certified/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:10:32 +0000 chris http://www.eotz.com/?p=16 I decided to have a go at the Zend PHP5 certification test a few weeks ago even though I don’t believe in this type of test. After all, testing you on whether or not you know exactly what the strtr() function does isn’t going to gauge how good of a programmer you are. In the real world, you’re going to have the PHP manual and Google at your fingertips. Of course having the certification can’t hurt on a resume.

I purchased the test on line for $125 along with 5 practice tests that costed a little extra and was able to schedule for the next day. Practice test #1 I failed, but I managed to pass all the subsequent tests. Yes, the practice tests helped.. they were very similar to the actual test.

My advice: If you’re planning on taking the Zend certification test, be sure you know your OOP syntax, function arguments and XML parsers. Since I don’t use OOP or XML too often, I had to brush up on those.

Overall, the test certainly wasn’t as easy as I thought and I didn’t feel that I did that well. Unfortunately, or fortunately rather, Zend doesn’t allow you to know your score. Regardless, despite my bad feeling, I managed to pass, so now I’m Zend certified. I am still awaiting the arrival of my certificate.

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