Phparchitect's Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide

by Davey Shafik, Ben Ramsey

Zend's new PHP 5 Certification Exam represent an excellent tool for professional PHP developers who want to distinguish themselves in their field. php|architect's Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide, edited and produced by the publishers of php|architect magazine, provides the most comprehensive and thorough preparation tool for developers who wish to take the exam. This book provides complete coverage of every topic that is part of the exam, including: ? PHP Basics ? Functions ? Arrays ? Strings and Patterns ? Web Programming ? Object Oriented Programming ? Database Programming ? Object-oriented Design ? XML and Web Services ? Security ? Streams and Network Programming ? Differences Between PHP 4 and 5 Written by PHP professionals and Zend Certified PHP 5 Engineers Davey Shafik and Ben Ramsey, and reviewed by core PHP developer Derick Rethans, this is the perfect book for every prospective Zend Certified PHP Engineer candidate!

Genres: Programming, Technical

292 pages, Paperback

First published October 5, 2006

Reviews

[Maksim]

It's just a guide by theme, except any description or details.

[Travis van der Font]

Read this book a month before my exam test which I passed. I found to be a good solid review. Lots of useful information.

[Adam]

I bought that book in preparation for ZCE exam for PHP 5.3, back in 2013. The book is a must-read for everybody willing to attend the Zend PHP exams. It has answers for many exam questions that you will hardly found in online tutorials or books. It's also a great book to read if you do not plan to take the Zend exam, but you want to increase your PHP skills to more professional level. This is virtually the only book about PHP that I truly admire.

[Mike Ree]

Used this book to get my ZCE. Been programming for 8 years but this book worked great to skim over before taking the exam.

I would suggest that anyone who plans to take the exam to make sure they are ready. I did find some challenging questions on it that I didn't find covered anywhere in any of my experiences or studies.

[Tijn]

Hate it! It's one of those books that give PHP a bad name: ambitionless and with typo's and conceptual errors. At best it introduces (some of) the functionalities, at worst it prevents you from using them in a proper way. Leave this book on the shelf!

[Rachel Graves]

A good book about PHP!

[Jason]

Great study guide if you are about to take the Zend PHP 5 Certification.

[Ahmed Hosny]

Great book, recommend it for every web developer with min. 1 year experience.
But, I think it is not suitable for newbies.

[Aruna Anandh]

reviewing your ideas is great to read it fully.

[Aleksej]

This book contains almost all answers to technical interview questions about php. A big plus is that it covers all php versions up to 5.6.

[James]

XML / Web Services chapter is excellent.