ZCE Exam

Zend PHP 5.3 Certification Exam is a measure of technical distinction that employers use to evaluate prospective employees.

The exam consists of 70 questions that must be answered in 90 minutes and it cover the categories listed below. The questions are multiple choice (one or many responses) or free-form fields to fill in.

The exam can be taken in any Pearson VUE Testing Center if you purchase a 1 year valid voucher from the Zend Online Store and you must have there 2 identification forms (must have signature).

You pass the exam if you answer more than 70% of the questions, then you will be listed in  Zend Yellow Pages for PHP Professionals, you’ll get a diploma in few weeks and you might get a Zend Studio free License

You can find more info hre: http://www.zend.com/services/certification/php-5-certification/

The exam topics summary:

PHP Basics	Functions	Data Format & Types
Syntax Operators Variables Constants Control Structures Language Constructs and Functions Namespaces Extensions Config Performance/bytecode caching	Syntax Arguments Variables References Returns Variable Scope Anonymous Functions, closures	XML Basics SimpleXML XML Extension Xpath Webservices Basics SOAP REST JSON & AJAX DateTime DOMDocument

 

Web Features	Object Oriented Programming	Security
Sessions Forms GET and POST data Cookies HTTP Headers HTTP Authentication I/O Files Reading Writing File System Functions Streams Contexts	Instantiation Modifiers/Inheritance Interfaces Exceptions Static Methods & Properties Autoload Reflection Type Hinting Class Constants Late Static Binding Magic (_*) Methods Instance Methods & Properties Class Definition SPL	Configuration Session Security Cross-Site Scripting Cross-Site Request Forgeries SQL Injection Remote Code Injection Email Injection Filter Input Escape Output Encryption, Hashing algorithms File uploads Data storage SSL

 

Strings & Patterns	Databases	Arrays
Quoting Matching Extracting Searching Replacing Formatting PCRE HEREDOC and NOWDOC Encodings	SQL Joins Analyzing Queries Prepared Statements Transactions PDO	Enumerated Arrays Associative Arrays Array Iteration Multi-Dimensional Arrays Array Functions SPL, Objects as arrays

 
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