Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide: a php[architect] guide

Shafik, Davey; Ramsey, Ben; Bruce, Kevin

ISBN 10: 1940111153 / ISBN 13: 9781940111155

Published by php[architect], 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide: a php[architect] guide
• Publisher: php[architect]
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1940111153
• ISBN 13: 9781940111155
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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 while indicating a developer's commitment to mastering the craft and being a professional programmer. This edition adds three new chapters and over 80 pages of new content, and covers new features added in PHP 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6, 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 and 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 both a useful study guide and a go-to reference for PHP programmers everywhere.

About the Author

Davey Shafik is a full-time developer with over 15 years of experience in PHP and related technologies. He is a Developer Evangelist at Akamai Technologies and has written several books, numerous articles, and spoken at conferences the world over. He is best known for his book, the Zend PHP Certification Study Guide, as the creator of PHP Archive (PHAR) for PHP 5.3, and Release Manager for PHP 7.1.

Davey is passionate about improving the tech community. He co-organizes the Prompt initiative (mhprompt.org), dedicated to lifting the stigma surrounding mental health discussions, and has worked with PHPWomen since its inception.