On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 6:01 AM, Sambit <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello team, > Wishing you all a happy new year, I just wanted to > know if there are any authorised certification on PHP from your side or to > which you can refer.??? Thanks in advance > > > Cheers, > Sambit Kumar > > > This is list for people who maintain the php.net website. It's not a PHP support list. Try [email protected] for general PHP support questions. See http://php.net/mailing-lists.php for a list of all PHP mailing lists. With that said I'd just like to generally address your question. PHP has no real authority. It doesn't even have a formal specification like some other languages (e.g. C, Java, etc...). It is a defacto standard of the PHP Project or PHP Group. So no one really controls or has full authority over PHP as it is open sourced and available to anyone. It just has a community of regular contributors that help oversee the project. However, there are certain organizations or individuals that may chose to teach or support PHP in different manners and some of them may even offer some certification program. Please note that a certification is not a license to practice anything. A certification is just a way of saying that you have demonstrated some level of knowledge or skill to a satisfactory proficiency level, meeting or demonstrating a body of educational or practical material. Some certificates may be recognized by well known organizations and others may not be so well recognized. Not all certificates are recognized by every given organization or individual. The organization that provides the certification should be the one overseeing that its suppliers have the necessary requirements, skills, experience, etc... to provide such certification. Some will even have an overseeing third party organization to examine that such requirements are being met for non-biased assessment of the level of recognition and fairness in the certification. Usually bodies with a proprietary product or service will provide their own certification programs like MSCE, for example. PHP does have some popular certifications for different products that are controlled by parties not otherwise affiliated with the PHP Project like the Zend Certified Engineer or Zend Framework Certificate provided by Zend Technologies. See http://www.zend.com/en/services/certification/ for details. That's probably among the most popular programs. Similarly, there are other various PHP frameworks and products that provide certification programs like Drupal (see http://www.nobleprog.co.uk/drupal/training). You'll find lots of them online if you Google around. Keep in mind that not all of these certification programs are always worth what they cost if your only intention is learn PHP for fun. They may not even be recognized by some employers if your intentions are for professional/career-oriented reasons. So be sure to do your own research and homework first. Also note we have no affiliation with these programs so please contact them directly if you have any questions about their certificates. Thanks, Sherif
