Zend PHP Certification Study Guide

by Davey Shafik, Ben Ramsey

The third edition of the popular Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide, edited and produced by php[architect], provides the most comprehensive and thorough preparation tool for developers who wish to take the exam. Zend Certification is an industry-recognized benchmark used to validate PHP expertise while indicating a developer’s commitment to mastering the craft and being a professional programmer.

This edition adds three new chapters and over 80 pages of new content, and covers new features added in PHP 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6, including namespaces, traits, variadics, generators, closures, and callbacks.

The book provides a discussion of modern best practices and provides complete coverage of every topic that is part of the exam including:

* PHP Basics
* Functions
* Arrays
* Strings and Patterns (including regular expressions)
* Web Features
* Object-oriented Programming
* Object-oriented Design
* SQL & Database Programming
* XML and Web Services
* Security
* Streams and Network Programming

Revised by PHP professional and Zend Certified PHP 5 Engineer Davey Shafik, this edition is sure to be both a useful study guide and a go-to reference for PHP programmers everywhere.

Genres: Programming, Technical

Reviews

[Maksim · Rating 3 out of 5]

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

[Travis van der Font · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 1 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Ahmed Hosny · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

XML / Web Services chapter is excellent.