The Zend PHP 5 Certification course prepares experienced PHP programmers for the challenge of passing the PHP 5 certification exam and achieving the status of Zend Certified Engineer (ZCE).

This is a test preparation and PHP review course – it does not teach PHP. The content discusses important information about the exam itself and strategies for answering the exam questions, in addition to providing an in-depth review of the twelve certification topic areas. Participants are continually challenged to test their knowledge with focused quizzes. The course moves at a fast pace, and assumes at least an intermediate skill level in programming within PHP.

Audience

This course is designed for experienced PHP developers (intermediate-level +) who wish to gain information on how to take and pass the PHP 5 Certification exam while being guided through a quick, intense review of all of the major topics within the 12 certification areas.

Objectives

Preparation for the Zend PHP Certification Exam.

Topics Include

  • PHP Certification: Why Certification; Exam Essentials; Questions and Strategies; Certification Topic Areas
  • PHP Basics: Embedding PHP; Variables; Constants; Data Types; Strings; Type Conversions; Operators; Conditions; Loops
  • Functions: Declaring Functions; Function Parameters; References; Variable Scope; Variable Functions
  • Arrays: Creating, Filling, Splitting; Adding & Removing Elements; Looping; Checking for Values; Sorting; Comparing; Merging
  • PHP and OOP: Classes; Properties; Methods; Objects; Static Properties Methods; Inheritance; Abstract Classes; Interfaces; Autoloading; Reflection
  • Strings and RegEx: Substrings; Comparing & Counting Strings; Phonetic Functions; Strings and Arrays; Formatted Output; RegEx Essentials
  • PHP 4/5 Differences: Object-Oriented Programming; Other Areas
  • Design and Theory: Active Record, Factory, Iterator, MVC, Proxy, Singleton
  • Files, Streams, Networks: Resources; Output Files; R/W; File Operations; Wrappers; Streams
  • Web Features: HTTP POST & GET; Accessing Form Data; File Uploads; Cookies
  • XML and Web Services: XML; SOAP; WSDL; Create & Consume a Web Service; Debugging
  • Databases: Keys; SQL; Sorting, Grouping, Joins
  • Security: Rules; XSS; CSRF; Injections; Sessions; Secure Config; Uploads

Duration : 18 Hrs