Zend PHP 5: Certification

Training

In Leeds

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Training

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Duration

    3 Days

This training course prepares experienced PHP programmers for the challenge of passing the PHP 5 certification exam and achieving the status of Zend Certified Engineer (ZCE). Suitable for: Experienced PHP developers (intermediate-level +) who wish to gain information on how to take and pass the PHP 5 Certification exam while being guided through a quick, intense review of all of the major topics within the 12 certification areas.

Important information

Government funding available

Facilities

Location

Start date

Leeds (West Yorkshire)
Old Broadcasting House, 148 Woodhouse Lane, LS2 9EN

Start date

On request

About this course

Candidates must have at least an intermediate-level knowledge of the twelve topic areas.

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Course programme

The Zend PHP 5 Certification training course prepares experienced PHP programmers for the challenge of passing the PHP 5 certification exam and achieving the status of Zend Certified Engineer (ZCE). This is a test preparation and PHP review course - it does not teach PHP. The content discusses important information about the exam itself and strategies for answering the exam questions, in addition to providing an in-depth review of the twelve certification topic areas. Participants are continually challenged to test their knowledge with focused quizzes. The course moves at a fast pace, and assumes at least an intermediate skill level in programming within PHP.

You will learn how to:
  • PHP Basics, Functions, Arrays
  • PHP and OOP
  • Strings and RegEx
  • PHP 4/5 Differences
  • Design and Theory
  • Files, Streams and Networks
  • Web Features
  • XML and Web Services
  • Databases and Security
Course outline:

Day 1

Lesson 1 PHP Certification

  • Why Certification, Exam Essentials, Questions and Strategies
  • Topic Areas

Lesson 2 PHP Basics

  • Embedding PHP, Variables, Constants Data Types and Strings
  • Type Conversions, Operators, Conditions, Loops

Lesson 3 Functions:

  • Declaring Functions and Function Parameters
  • References, Scope and Variable Functions

Lesson 4 Arrays

  • Creating, Filling, Splitting and Adding & Removing Elements
  • Looping, Checking for Values Sorting, Comparing and Merging

Day 2

Lesson 1 PHP and OOP

  • Classes, Properties, Methods, Objects and Static Properties
  • Methods, Inheritance, Abstract Classes and Interfaces
  • Autoloading and Reflection

Lesson 2 Strings and RegEx

  • Substrings, Comparing & Counting Strings
  • Phonetic Functions, Strings and Arrays
  • Formatted Output and RegEx Essentials

Lesson 3 PHP 4/5 Differences

  • Object-Oriented Programming; Other Areas

Lesson 4 Design and Theory

  • Active Record, Factory and Iterator MVC, Proxy and Singleton

Day 3

Lesson 1 Files, Networks

  • Resources, Output Files R/W File
  • Operations Wrappers Streams

Lesson 2 Web Features

  • HTTP POST & GET and Accessing Form Data
  • File Uploads and Cookies

Lesson 3 XML and Web Services

  • XML, SOAP; WSDL;
  • Create & Consume a Web Service and Debugging

Lesson 4 Databases

  • Keys, SQL, Sorting, Grouping and Joins

Lesson 5 Security

  • Rules, XSS, CSRF, Injections and Sessions
  • Secure Configurations and Uploads

Additional information

Payment options: Price: £600 + 125 Exam Fee

Zend PHP 5: Certification

Price on request