Comments on: Passing the Zend PHP Certification Exam

By: Ben Ramsey

Ben Ramsey — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:27:10 +0000

My only assumption is that I’m probably one of the few people in the state of Georgia who have actually taken the test. I could be wrong, though.

I’m finding that there are very few PHP programmers in this state. If there are others, they are closet PHP programmers and won’t admit it. I guess to find them, I’ll probably need to hit some of the college campuses where (it is my feeling that) there are probably more PHP programmers.

By: EDW

EDW — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:58:08 +0000

ZCE test not altogether difficult huh? If the cert was so easy, then why are you the one and only person in the entire state of Georgia that has passed it? I was number 5 or 6 in NY a few months ago and there are only 8 people now- and one is John Coggeshall who was one of the test creators…

By: Paul Reinheimer

Paul Reinheimer — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:41:32 +0000

Once it arrives, your certificate should look something like this, possibly with better light :).

I would agree that an email sent immediatly after receiving a passing grade would have been cool, it could(/should) include as an attachment the ZCE image, as well as the URL you should link to for validation.

In terms of good things to say about PHP, I helped proof read the english version of the PHP Whitepaper being prepared by PHP Quebec, it may have some nice resouces along those lines, though I’m not sure if it has been released yet.

By: Daniel Kushner

Daniel Kushner — Mon, 22 Nov 2004 22:53:10 +0000

Thank you for your feedback on the PHP Certification Exam. As the person running this project I would like to take this opportunity to add some information regarding your posting.

It takes 4-6 weeks for the certificates to be printed, signed, and sent out.
You should be receiving yours soon! If you have any questions or concerns, please be sure to send us an email. We normally respond within a few hours, if not minutes. I have taken your important feedback, and will be sending out an email to new Zend Certified Engineers within 48 hours of passing the exam explaining the timeline, what to expect, and when.

You may rest assured that no one, including yourself, has yet come near to a perfect score, and the questions could be harder than they seem! The exam was written by some of the leaders in the PHP community who have made sure that the exam contains plenty of quality questions that test your in-depth knowledge of PHP.

In any case, I’d like to thank you for taking the Zend Certification Exam and hope that you will realize the benefits on both a personal and community level.

Best,
Daniel Kushner
Director of Education
Zend Technologies, Inc.

By: Chris Shiflett

Chris Shiflett — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:10:20 +0000

You’re in the yellow pages, so Zend definitely knows you passed:

http://www.zend.com/store/education/certification/yellow-pages.php

I never knew your real name, apparently.