Zend PHP 5 Certification
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Two years after launching the industry standard for PHP Certifications, Zend has once again teamed with a group of leading PHP experts to bring you the “Zend PHP 5 Certification” exam. The new certification exam has been completely rewritten, and is a completely new exam, not just an "upgrade" of the previous version.
The exam is created by an Advisory Board made up of thought leaders in the PHP community. Because the exam is created with specific skills, knowledge and competencies that are matched to real-world job functions, Zend Certifications provide a measure of technical distinction that employers use to evaluate prospective employees.
Please refer to the Certification FAQs for answers to some commonly asked questions.
Exam Information
PHP Basics
- Syntax
- Operators
- Variables
- Constants
- Control Structures
- Language Constructs and Functions
Object Oriented Programming
- Instantiation
- Modifiers/Inheritance
- Interfaces
- Exceptions
- Static Methods & Properties
- Autoload
- Reflection
- Type Hinting
- Class Constants
PHP 4/5 Differences
- Object Orientation
- E_STRICT
- References vs. Object Handles
Streams and Network Programming
- Files
- Reading
- Writing
- File System Functions
- Streams
Security
- Configuration
- Session Security
- Cross-Site Scripting
- Cross-Site Request Forgeries
- SQL Injection
- Remote Code Injection
- Email Injection
- Filter Input
- Escape Output
Functions
- Syntax
- Arguments
- Variables
- References
- Returns
- Variable Scope




