About the PHP constants

The reader of the PHP cert guide might be wondering about some aspects of the PHP constants, because the constants section of the book doesn’t go into as much detail as it goes for other sections like variables for example. 1. It’s not necassary to name the constants always in upper case. It is, however, […]

March 7th, 2005
Tags: PHP certification

Smart quotes

Smart quotes are more trouble than they’re worth. To me, they should be banned forever from any publication. Unfortunatelly, the PHP certification guide is using smart quotes even in the code, I hope they are not confusing the people that are just getting started with PHP. The most confusing, I think, is the example where […]

March 7th, 2005
Tags: PHP certification

First off – some links

The sites Zend PHP Certification – the official homepage of the exam http://www.zend.com/store/education/certification/zend-php-certification.php php|architect’s Zend Certification pages http://www.phparch.com/cert/ The books Amazon.com: Books: PHP Certification Study Guide http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0672327090/… Amazon.com: Books: The Zend PHP Certification Practice Test Book – Practice Questions for the Zend Certified Engineer Exam http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0973589884/??¦

March 7th, 2005
Tags: PHP certification

Let’s get, let’s get, let’s get started

I plan to take the Zend certification exam so I decided it might be a good idea to share some thoughts along the way. I hope it can help others who are decided or thinking about getting certified. I think I’ll be mainly commenting on the certification book and will probably try to add to […]

March 7th, 2005
Tags: PHP certification