I’m a Zend Certified Engineer (ZCE)
Last week I mentioned that I was going in for my Zend PHP 5 Certification exam on Friday. The test has come and gone and I’m happy to say I passed. To be honest, the test was a little more difficult than I thought it would be and I was a bit nervous at the end. But I passed and I can cross that off my list of goals for 2009 
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If you are considering getting certified I would deffinitly recommend it. I can’t speak on the impact it will have on your ability to get a job or anything like that, but I can tell you that it’s a nice accomplishment just for yourself. If there was one thing I learned while studying for the test it’s how much I didn’t know about PHP. 5 years of programming still left some large gaps in my knowledge which this process has helped me realize and reduce. If your not certified give it a shot, you’ve got nothing to loose.
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Congratulations!
Great, Congratulations.
One thing i want to ask Chris. I’m new in php and still learning. What books do u recommend to learn it in better way or what method do u suggest to learn rathar than regular practice. And in how much time i can be able to give a test for ZendCI.
Thanks
Hi Prabhjeet: the best resource for learning PHP is of course http://www.php.net. Spending time with their online documentation and getting comfortable with it’s structure is a good thing. For good general information, as well as certification review material, I would suggest the PHP 5 Certification Study Guide (http://www.phparch.com/c/books/id/0973862149) from php|architect. Aside from that I’m not sure on books, it’s been a while since I’ve purchased any new programming books so the ones I know of are old and probably outdated.
In terms of how much time it would take to get your ZCE, that totally depends on how much time you can spend to preparation. I couldn’t really dedicate any real time to the process so it took me a year and a half because I never really put my mind to it until recently. But if you dedicate some time to it and really get comfortable with things I don’t see a reason why you couldn’t do it in a couple of months.
That’s really nice to hear from you. Thanks for this valuable guidance. Now I set my target to get ZCE next year in April. Will do my best practice regularly for One Year. Let’s see what happens.
Thanks and congratulations once again.
Congratulations!
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Great, Congratulations, good work!
Congratulations Chris