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Introduction to the Certification
Zend Certified Engineer (ZCE) Credential
Why become a Zend Certified Engineer? Well in today's competitive market, it's more
difficult than ever to stand out from the competition. When polled, your colleagues
overwhelmingly (98%) endorsed receiving the ZCE - attaining the 'Zend Certified Engineer'
credential demonstrates thehighest degree of PHP expertise to current or potential
employers. As credentialed developers will tell you, this can translate to better jobs with
higher pay.

Studying for the PHP 5.3 Certification
This study guide provides a complete outline of the ten major topic areas on which you are
tested. At the beginning of each topic section, you are additionally given the list of required
subtopicareas for which you are responsible.
This guide cannot encompass all you need to know for the certification... instead, it
highlights within each subtopic some of the major concepts. You will still need to explore
each subtopic within the PHP Manual. This guide is meant to help you focus on the areas
which are considered the most important for certifying you as an expert in PHP v5.3.

AboutZend
Zend is the PHP company. Businesses utilizing PHP know Zend as the place to go for PHP
expertise and sound technology solutions. Zend delivers premier web application platform
products and services for PHP applications. With commercial products and services that
enable developers and IT personnel to deliver business-critical PHP applications, Zend is
taking the power of PHP to theenterprise.

If you have any questions about the PHP 5.3 Certification, or would like to provide feedback
to us on this guide, please contact us at: certification@zend.com.

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PHP 5.3 CERTIFICATION:

SNAPSHOT

 
 THE EXAM
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COMPOSED OF ~ 70 RANDOMLY-GENERATED QUESTIONS

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QUESTIONS VARY IN THEIR LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY
 THAT ISWHY THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS PER EXAM VARIES

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QUESTIONS WILL OFTEN TEST MORE THAN ONE CONCEPT AT A TIME

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QUESTIONS WILL COVER TEN DIFFERENT TOPIC AREAS

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ALLOWED 90 MINUTES IN TOTAL TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

 THE TEST TOPICS
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THE TEN TOPIC AREAS FROM WHICH THE QUESTIONS ARE DERIVED :
1.

PHP BASICS

2.

DATA FORMATS AND TYPES

3.

STRINGS

4.

ARRAYS

5.INPUT / OUTPUT

6.

FUNCTIONS

7.

OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING

8.

DATABASES

9.

SECURITY

10.

WEB FEATURES

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 THE TEST TOPICS (CONTINUED)


QUESTIONS REFLECT THE CURRICULUM SPECIFIED BY THE ZEND PHP
EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD

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CERTAIN TOPICS ARE GIVEN MORE WEIGHT IN THE CERTIFICATION:
 HIGHESTEMPHASIS:
PHP BASICS
SECURITY
WEB FEATURES
 AVERAGE EMPHASIS:
FUNCTIONS
OOP
ARRAYS
STRINGS & PATTERNS
 LOWEST EMPHASIS:
DATABASES
DATA TYPES AND FORMATS
INPUT / OUTPUT



PASSING THE TEST IS BASED ON A BREADTH OF KNOWLEDGE OF THESE
TOPICS... BEING AN EXPERT IN 1 OR 2 TOPICS WILL NOT BE ENOUGH



WITHIN A TOPIC, THERE ARE CONCENTRATION AREAS - THESE ARE LISTED ON
THE FIRST PAGEOF EACH SECTION

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 THE REGISTRATION PROCESS


THE PHP 5.3 CERTIFICATION EXAM IS ADMINISTERED BY PEARSON VUE
TRAINING CENTERS (HTTP://WWW.PEARSONVUE.COM)



REGISTER FOR THE EXAM EITHER ONLINE, BY PHONE, OR AT A TEST CENTER


OPTIONS VARY BY COUNTRY... PLEASE CHECK THE PEARSON WEB SITE



YOU NEED TO BRING 2 FORMS OFIDENTIFICATION - BOTH MUST HAVE YOUR
SIGNATURE, ONE MUST HAVE YOUR PICTURE



THE TESTING CENTER WILL SUPPLY YOU WITH EITHER "SCRATCH" PAPER OR AN
ERASABLE BOARD FOR ANY CALCULATIONS YOU MIGHT NEED TO MAKE...
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING ANYTHING INTO THE EXAM WITH YOU

(NOTES, CALCULATORS, ETC.)

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