My $2*10^-2, Zend PHP5 certification is $125. For $165 you get the self study lit that comes with a PDF, 10 online practice tests, and a voucher for the exam. Passing the exam gets you listed in the zend yellow pages, and you can join an exclusive group on linked in.
I took and passed the test on Monday with minimal preparation. I have not written PHP regularly since 2007, but wrote an entire media sharing portal in PHP for a site that never launched before then. Since then all my PHP hacking has been for writing sample applications for talks I gave at LIPHP and a little bit of hacking on an open source project called http://www.andromeda-project.org/. I've been a full time .NET developer since then, and thats all been back end ETL coding. So I am by no means a PHP expert, and I'm a bit rusty. On the brainbench side of things, I took the unix and apache brainbench when I got hired as a junior unix and as/400 operator a few years back, I passed both without special preparation. Overall I think the problem with PHP certification is there is no advanced certification. Cisco has the CCIE. Microsoft has the MSCE and MCPD. Netware has (and I assume still has) the CNE. Redhat has advanced certification beyond the RHCE. I have something to show companies that I've mastered the PHP basics. There's no formal certification I can obtain to say I have advanced knowledge of PHP. Regards, Justin Dearing On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 8:32 PM, Ben Sgro <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Typically, I've seen this website used by large corporations to sift > through candidates - I've had HR or a HH > require a test from this website be taken to progress to the next stage of > the interview. I always felt it was > a bit *silly* - The type of organization that includes this as part of > their metrics is typically NOT the > type of place I want to work. > > A search of PHP from brainbench returned: > CGI Scripting Available Plan Learn Test $49.95 > MySQL 3.23 Administration Available Plan Learn Test $49.95 > PHP 4 Available Plan Learn Test $49.95 > PHP 5 Available Plan Learn Test $49.95 > > Personally, I'd focus on a Zend test, or a college course. I obviously > cannot comment on the quality of this test since > I dont know if its the same as the ones I've taken or not. > > Both sites look similar: > http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/common/testcenter/taketest.xml?testId=2523 > http://www.w3schools.com/cert/cert_php.asp > > > Anyways, to the point, if your looking for a job at one of the companies > that may employ this test, > great - that might look good for you. > > I don't think it can hurt you - good luck w/whatever you decide to do! It > always a good idea to be > sharpening your skill set. > > - Ben > > > Michele Waldman wrote: > >> Found it. >> >> This was a website that I was told was being recognized by some employers >> as >> verifying experience. >> >> I don't know how much stock I'd put in it though. >> >> http://www.brainbench.com/ >> >> Michele >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On >> Behalf Of Michele Waldman >> Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 7:41 PM >> To: 'NYPHP Talk' >> Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] W3 Schools? >> >> What always got me in the door was a Computer Science degree from >> UC-Berkeley. >> >> That seemed to help. As an employer, I'd be looking for a combination of >> education and number of years of direct experience. Five years is >> considered an even exchange for an education by some employers. >> >> There was a different website and no one I either met or heard about had >> used their test results as a way to document their knowledge. I may have >> heard this from a headhunter. From what I understood, it actually worked. >> >> As an employer, I would put much stock in it. >> >> But, if I can remember the website, I'll forward the link. >> >> Michele >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On >> Behalf Of Leam Hall >> Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 4:49 PM >> To: NYPHP Talk >> Subject: [nyphp-talk] W3 Schools? >> >> Anyone have any experience with the W3 Schools tutorials and >> Certification? The site has a lot of tutorials and look decently well >> written. Testing for a cert is $75, and I'm not sure if it's going to affect >> any hiring decisions but it does let us "externally motivated" folks test >> ourselves against a measurable standard. >> >> http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp >> >> Since I'm not yet in the PHP Rock Star ranks, do you think this might >> help? >> >> Leam >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >
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