Maybe a small introduction is in order.
I am a PHP developer and I have been so for approximately the past 7 years.
Like most PHP developers I started out through self-study as PHP was (is) not the kind of language they taught (teach) at school.
How I got in touch with PHP... I love linux and unix systems and when one of my employers needed an in-house web server they could use to deploy an intranet stock-management system I downloaded a redhat linux and started installing.
Since I was considered the computer 'nerd' of the company I was given the tedious task of writing the stock management system. Working on redhat I soon stumbled on MySQL and naturally one would stumble on PHP too... Before I had been dabbling in VB and Java using ODBC on MS Access databases (I know... the shame of it) but now I find this tool, so easy to use and so much faster to implement! MySQL socket integrated into PHP... Easy user interface with html... Well you know how it goes... I was sold!
After finding the love of my life (in a matter of speech) I kept working on my skills. Became an independent developer at one stage and did the website programming of numerous clients during 4 years.
I got to a point where I can truly say I find myself to be a PHP expert and naturally came the need to prove this... So in between projects I started studying for Zend certification.
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Hi Tom,
ReplyDeleteNice first article on the subject and I'm looking forward reading more about your path to ZCE ! Keep up the good work and success in the task at hand.