Becoming a Zend Certified Engineer is an important step in your career as a PHP developer. The certification is a badge of prestige that can make a positive first impression over a prospective employer and that distinguishes you among your peers.
php|architect has offered educational products for ZCE students since the very inception of the certification program—and many of our staff members have actually helped Zend develop the ZCE exam itself. As such we can offer a unique set of professional tools designed to help you take on the exam with confidence and the right tools to pass with flying colours!
Step 1: Learn
Our PHP 5 Certification Combo live online training course combines the convenience of the Internet with the power of live, instructor-led training to help you prepare for the ZCE exam.
Designed to also act as en excellent beginner- to intermediate-level course that outlines the most important features of PHP 5, our Certification Combo comes loaded with over $500 in goodies, including:
- A full license for Zend Studio Professional
- A voucher good for taking your ZCE exam
- A license for our Vulcan ZCE Exam simulator (10 exams)
- A copy of php|architect's Zend Certification Exam Study Guide (PDF Format)
At a fraction of the cost of traditional classroom training, this package has everything you need to get certified today!
Step 2: Study
php|architect's Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide is the definitive guide for candidates who are studying for ZCE exam.
Written by ZCEs Davey Shafik and Ben Ramsey, with technical editing by PHP Guru and ZCE exam developer Derick Rethans, this book covers all the topics that are part of the exam, including:
- PHP Basics, Functions, Arrays, Strings
- Regular expressions
- OOP and Design Patterns
- Databases
- XML and Web Services
- Security
- Differences between PHP 4 and PHP 5
php|architect's Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide is available in both Print and PDF format.
Step 3: Practice
Writing the ZCE exam can be expensive—why not make sure you are at your best possible level of preparation before taking the plunge?
With our Vulcan Zend PHP 5 Certification Simulator, you can take a “practice” ZCE exam that covers the same topics as the real one and provides you with a detailed overview of those areas of your knowledge that need improvement for a fraction of the cost of the real exam.
Developed by ZCE and PHP expert John Coggeshall, Vulcan gives you a chance to uncover the weak spots in your preparation for the exam using an environment that simulates the real test.
