Outline of Study Guide

Zend's new PHP 5 Certification Exam represents an excellent tool for professional PHP developers who want to distinguish themselves from their competitors. 

php|architect's Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide (2nd edition), written by PHP professionals and Zend Certified PHP 5 Engineers, Davey Shafik and Ben Ramsey, and reviewed by core PHP developer Derick Rethans, provides the most comprehensive and thorough preparation tool for developers who wish to take the exam. 

New in the second edition 
There are over 20 pages of new content, including coverage of the PDO and mysql extensions, as well as numerous errata corrections throughout the book.

Topics Include:

• PHP Basics
• Functions
• Arrays
• Strings & Patterns (including regular expressions)
• Web programming
• Object-oriented programming
• Object-oriented design
• Database programming
• XML and web-services
• Security
• Streams and Network Programming
• Differences between PHP 4 and 5