Zend Certification Study Guide: 3rd Edition

The third edition of the popular Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide, edited and produced by php[architect], provides the most comprehensive and thorough preparation tool for developers who wish to take the exam. Zend Certification is an industry recognized benchmark used to validate PHP expertise as well as an indication of a developer who is committed to mastering their craft and dedicated to being a professional programmer. This edition adds 3 new chapters, and over 80 pages of new content, covering new features added in PHP 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5 including namespaces, traits, variadics, generators, closures, and callbacks. The book is updated to provide a discussion of modern, best-practices when dealing with PHP variables & types, arrays, strings, databases, object-oriented programming and patterns, web security, XML, web services, and more. Revised by PHP professional and Zend Certified PHP 5 Engineer Davey Shafik, this edition is sure to be not just a useful study guide but also a go to reference for PHP programmers everywhere.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. PHP Basics
Chapter 2. Functions
Chapter 3. Strings and Patterns
Chapter 4. Arrays
Chapter 5. Web Programming
Chapter 6. Files, Streams, and Network Programming
Chapter 7. Database Programming
Chapter 8. Data Formats and Types
Chapter 9. Object-Oriented Programming in PHP
Chapter 10. Closures and Callbacks
Chapter 11. Elements of Object-Oriented Design
Chapter 12. Errors and Exceptions
Chapter 13. Security
Chapter 14. Web Services
Appendix A Array Functions
Appendix B Filter Extension Filters and Flags
Appendix C phpdbg