The zend.com are initiating a beta certification program on Zend Framework. I received an email informed me that I could get a 50% discount on the exam fee and a free study guide if I schedule and attention the exam before the end of this month. I do have some working experience on the Zend [...]

As in my previous post, I briefly introduced how you can use SimpleXML object to load various web services’ API query urls, if you so choose to mashup a website with data provided by the various websites, such as YouTube and Amazon. Of course, the pay off comes when you use some affiliate code in [...]

There are many social network websites (e.g. YouTube) and big brand websites(e.g. Amazon, Yahoo) use REST or SOAP or even RSS web services to provide the enormous data for developers. Using these data, we can build a website virtually with no own database at all, all the information are come from these big sites. The [...]

Ok, this is the last part of my reviews. This post listed some WEIRD and STRANGE questions I found in the phparch’s simulator exam. You may think these are some advanced features of the PHP5 language, but some of them are actually mention in the GUIDE also. However, some of the questions, I found that [...]

In this and the up-coming Post, I listed some extra questions I found during I took the phparch’s Vulcan Zend PHP 5 Certification Testings. This post listed some EASIER but will not be frequently asked in the actual exam I think. But, they are worthy noted here, they can also serve as check points for [...]

Ok. This is the last part of my reviews. Since I mentioned before, I didn’t included the Language Basic and Function topics in these series of reviews, because I think you should already have a good knowledge about them. Anyway, if you have more time, then you can following this post to review some of [...]

Here is the second topic regarding the OOP paradigm. Trust me, read more about Design Pattern, don’t just for pass the exam sake. The exam regard to the Design Pattern and general OOP theory is very basic. Anyway, following I listed some basic Design Pattern may tested in the exam. Also, I think you should [...]

对象导向的编程（OOP）是现代软件编程的规范。遗憾的是，一直到PHP4，PHP缺少对于很多OOP语言的支持。PHP5 改变了这一切。这就是为什么在该考试中，有两个特别的主题专门针对这个领域：PHP5 中实际的OOP功能和OOP设计与理论。本贴是对PHP5 OOP 功能的简短回顾，我认为，如果你对PHP4中的结构风格（structure-style）有很好的经验，你或许需花点时间在PHP之中的OOP功能上。实际上，一旦你在有关理型之间切换，OOP会是比较容易的。因为，在生活中——而不是在某个时刻——我们不是与对象（OBJECTS）打交道。

由于很多网站主机提供商以及活跃的网站仍然使用PHP4，并且这一情况好像会保持一段时间，PHP5的认证考试有一个关于PHP4和PHP5之间之不同的主题。你必须对PHP5中对于哪个主题以及旧有的代码有很大的改进有一个很好的理解。在考试中，我确实发了一些对于Language Basic以及Function topics的评论，因为我认为这些主题很“基本”以至于不值得写出来，并且你可能应当快速或已经懂得它们了。然而，本文以一些基本概念开始，然后移到PHP5中相对于老板本来讲的一些不同之处；因为，我认为这个帖子是关于PHP上“语言层面”的主题的。于是，这里带来“语言建构到底是什么”……

对于任何应用，特别是网络应用来讲，安全都是非常重要的。所以，该考试要求你至少很好地懂得一些安全问题是如何实际影响当今网络应用实践的。你必须知道一些共同的安全问题，安全问题并不只是关于php本身的。由于PHP是一个内嵌的语言，你应当知道在网络服务层面、数据库层面以及PHP本身所有三个层面上的安全防御。在该问题如下部分中，列出了关于安全这个广泛主题的简要概览。确定你察看关涉安全考虑的该考试研究的其他部分（例如有关 Web Programming, Database，PHP Command Line Interface 等）。