p reparing yourself for zend certification exam

1. preparing yourself for zend certification exam presented by mahmudahsan zend certified engineer software engineer, i2we inc. http://blog.thinkdiff.net

2. topics • what is zend • what is zend certification exam • benefit of becoming a zce • zce exam procedure

3. topics (continue) • syllabus • sample questions • study material • reference • conclusion

4. what is zend • company behind php • [Ze]ev + A[nd]i

5. what is zend certification exam • a php certification test • zend certified engineers (zce).

6. benefit of becoming a zce • BETTER JOB • COMPETITIVE SALARY

7. zce exam procedure • Pearson VUE Testing Center, • 70 questions in 90 minutes • 125$ exam fee • three type of questions: • MCQ, 1 right answer • MCQ, MORE right answers • Write short answer

8. syllabus of zce exam • php basics • functions • arrays • object-oriented programming • security • xml and web services

9. syllabus of zce exam (continue) • strings and patterns • databases and sql • web features • streams and network programming • php 4/5 differences • design and theory

10. sample question what is the output of: $a = 'name'; $$a = "Paul"; echo $name; • $a • name • Paul • A warning!

11. answer What is the output of: $a = 'name'; $$a = "Paul"; echo $name; • $a • name • Paul • A warning! Correct Answer

12. sample question (continue) _________________ object-oriented pattern is used to implement a class that must be instantiated only once for the entire lifespan of a script.

13. answer (continue) singletonobject-oriented pattern is used to implement a class that must be instantiated only once for the entire lifespan of a script.

14. sample question (continue) what is the output of: echo strlen('php'); $a = array('ab', 'c'); echo strlen($a); • fatal error! • 33 • 35

15. answer (continue) what is the output of: echo strlen('php'); $a = array('ab', 'c'); echo strlen($a); • fatal error! • 33 • 35 Correct Answer

16. sample questions (continue) which of the following functions can be used to break a string into an array based on a specific pattern? (Choose 2) A. preg_split() B. ereg() C. str_split() D. explode() E. chop()

17. sample questions (continue) which of the following functions can be used to break a string into an array based on a specific pattern? (Choose 2) A. preg_split() B. ereg() C. str_split() D. explode() E. chop() Correct Answer

18. study materials – books

19. study materials – php manual

20. study materials – google • search in google “zend certification” • read what other zce says about their preparation and exam experience

21. study materials –mock exam http://www.phparch.com/c/product/vulcan/view

22. reference zend company: http://www.zend.com/en/ zend certification exam http://www.zend.com/en/services/certification http://www.zend.com/en/services/certification/pearson-vue http://www.zend.com/en/services/certification/php-5-certification/ http://www.phpfever.com/zce-what-to-expect.html self test before zend exam http://www.phparch.com/c/product/vulcan/view http://shiflett.org/blog/2005/apr/zend-certification-self-test

23. Questions?