The guide mentioned in the previous post is pretty straight forward. It is not a study guide for people who are new to PHP but it is a good reference for long-time PHP programmers.
It is a good memory support and it provides a clear list of what concepts you need to know before taking the ZCE examination.
Learning this book by heart will not make you pass the test as it only brushes each concept briefly. It is advised to get more clarification at php.net to refresh some of the concepts you don't often use.
But what about PDO and SPL?
To clarify for the non PHP programmer that may be reading this blog: PDO = PHP Data Objects and SPL = Standard PHP Library.
The guide shows very little interest in both PDO and SPL, but as I leared from this article, the exam does show interest in them.
Best place to start as always is the php.net website:
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Hey Tom,
ReplyDeleteNice seeing you're still on course for your ZCE exams. If you're interested in SPL, I've given a couple of talks on various PHP conferences about SPL (see my slides on http://www.slideshare.net/DragonBe). They might complement your study and provide food for your mind.
Anyways, good luck and best wishes for 2010 !
Michelangelo
Hey DragonBe,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the input, the slideshow is very interesting! For the first time I see the major benefit in execution time when using ArrayObject methods as opposed to native Array functionality. Finally I see the light as I never bothered to transform my arrays into ArrayObject's.