Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-10-17 Thread Rory Browne
I've been looking all over the Zend Cert site, trying to find the passing rate, ie how many questions I have to get right in order to pass. Is this information secret, or have I just not looked in the right place. If it's the latter, please enlighten me. Thanks Rory -- PHP General Mailing

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-10-17 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Rory Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been looking all over the Zend Cert site, trying to find the passing rate, ie how many questions I have to get right in order to pass. Is this information secret, or have I just not looked in the right place. It's not public information. Chris

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-10-17 Thread Daniel Kushner
Hi Rory, The passing score is not revealed. There is only a pass/fail on the test. Best, Daniel Kushner On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 19:08:32 +0100, Rory Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been looking all over the Zend Cert site, trying to find the passing rate, ie how many questions I have to

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-10-01 Thread Curt Zirzow
* Thus wrote j kensler: 1:11 1:15 1:19 heh.. I got this all graphed out on paper :) I'm simply looking for patterns to decipher what ever this is abut: - 7 (0x111) is an important key, no bit is ever added more than that - only one 10:XX - 10:07 - differences only occure between

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-10-01 Thread Greg Donald
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 21:05:33 -0500, j kensler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1:11 1:15 1:19 1:26 1:27 1:28 What about the durations between the times from frame to frame? like: 4,4,7,1,1 for the above. That's what I was graphing out yesterday evening. Some definate patterns in there. --

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-10-01 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I know I'm way off but, those are some of my observations of the patterns involved. [/snip] Anyone see that sneaky Shiflett character this morning? I sent in the answer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-10-01 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Jay Blanchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone see that sneaky Shiflett character this morning? I sent in the answer Several people, including Jay, are very close, but no one has solved it yet. If you were thinking of taking the Zend Certification exam anyway, this could save you $200.

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Alawi Albaity
one of the Israel company say thanks . the another from an arabs country (UAE) make fun of my write . what an unbelievable thing . On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:34:11 +0400, M Saleh EG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: God help arabs if they release books that easily ! n specialy from a person who failed in

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Rory Browne
I haven't done the exam, yet, but based on some of the practice questions, I'm getting worried. I'm finding sample questions whose answers are not covered in the book. One such question was a list(, $var) = whatever, and nowhere in the book could I find an explanation for same. I've also used

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Matt M.
I'm glad to hear that, cause some of them did seem a bit difficult. I understood perfectly after seeing the correct answer and the explanation, but they were a little tricky. I would be interested in feedback on the exam. I am looking into taking the test, just hoping Zend runs the $100

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Greg Donald
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 15:55:29 -0700 (PDT), Chris Shiflett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd be interested in hearing your honest feedback after you take it, whether privately or on this list. Hopefully ZCE becomes a respected acronym, unlike MCSE. :-) I passed. I thought the test was very

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Rory Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't done the exam, yet, but based on some of the practice questions, I'm getting worried. I'm finding sample questions whose answers are not covered in the book. If you're talking about the questions in the back of the Zend Certification Guide,

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Matt M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking into taking the test, just hoping Zend runs the $100 deal again. You can win a free pass to take the exam by being the first to solve this puzzle: http://shiflett.org/archive/55 Enjoy. :-) Chris = Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/

RE: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Graham Cossey
snip I passed. snip Greg Donald Zend Certified Engineer http://gdconsultants.com/ http://destiney.com/ Congratulations Greg. Like the new sig ! ;) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Dan Joseph
Hi, I'd be interested in hearing your honest feedback after you take it, whether privately or on this list. Hopefully ZCE becomes a respected acronym, unlike MCSE. :-) I passed. I thought the test was very challenging. The areas I found most Congrats! -Dan Joseph -- PHP General

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Greg Donald
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:17:53 -0700 (PDT), Chris Shiflett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think a very experienced developer can pass the exam without using the guide with little trouble, but I don't think an inexperienced developer can read the guide and hope to pass. You need more than that. I

RE: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Graham Cossey
I am doing things. Thanks Graham -Original Message- From: Chris Shiflett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30 September 2004 18:18 To: Rory Browne; PHP General Subject: Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test --- Rory Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't done the exam, yet

RE: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Dan Joseph
Hi, You can win a free pass to take the exam by being the first to solve this puzzle: http://shiflett.org/archive/55 Which part on this page is the puzzle? -Dan Joseph -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

RE: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] You can win a free pass to take the exam by being the first to solve this puzzle: http://shiflett.org/archive/55 Which part on this page is the puzzle? [/snip] The clock. BEWARE - real time eater-upper! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

RE: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Mark
--- Dan Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, You can win a free pass to take the exam by being the first to solve this puzzle: http://shiflett.org/archive/55 Which part on this page is the puzzle? Maybe that's the puzzle... :^) -Dan Joseph -- PHP General Mailing

RE: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Jay Blanchard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] You can win a free pass to take the exam by being the first to solve this puzzle: http://shiflett.org/archive/55 Which part on this page is the puzzle? [/snip] The clock. BEWARE - real time eater-upper! Yeah, it's just the clock,

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Matt M.
You can win a free pass to take the exam by being the first to solve this puzzle: http://shiflett.org/archive/55 Enjoy. :-) I think I have it, why dont you email me the answer and I will double check that against what I got. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] You can win a free pass to take the exam by being the first to solve this puzzle: http://shiflett.org/archive/55 Enjoy. :-) I think I have it, why dont you email me the answer and I will double check that against what I got. [/snip] Hey Matt, want me to check your work? -- PHP

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Alawi Albaity
do not make the story too complicated , its too simple . On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:59:25 +0400, M Saleh EG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr. Alawi I'm not making fun of you! yeah yeah tell me about it thats right and clear ! I'm saying wat's right! How can you right a book about a programming

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Peter Brodersen
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:20:19 -0700 (PDT), in php.general [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Shiflett) wrote: You can win a free pass to take the exam by being the first to solve this puzzle: http://shiflett.org/archive/55 This is just too easy: The shown times are posting-times for one day on this list,

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Matt M.
This is just too easy: The shown times are posting-times for one day on this list, for posts regarding mysql. ah ha. could also be unsubscribe emails -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread j kensler
Time since last post to this list On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:56:56 -0500, Matt M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is just too easy: The shown times are posting-times for one day on this list, for posts regarding mysql. ah ha. could also be unsubscribe emails -- PHP General

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread Greg Donald
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:24:42 -0500, j kensler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Time since last post to this list I ran strings on it thinking maybe there was some hidden text, turned up nothing. But if you disassemble the gif into individual frames, there are some interesting patterns in the graphical

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread j kensler
1:11 1:15 1:19 1:26 1:27 1:28 1:30 1:34 1:42 1:46 1:47 1:48 1:52 2:10 2:12 2:14 2:16 2:18 2:20 2:26 2:30 2:34 2:41 2:48 3:08 3:10 3:12 3:14 3:16 3:18 3:26 3:27 3:30 3:34 3:41 3:44 4:11 4:15 4:16 4:18 4:19 4:23 4:24 4:28 4:30 4:32 4:34 4:36 4:40 4:41 4:42 4:47 4:51 5:08 5:10 5:12 5:16 5:18 5:20

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread j kensler
I have the first part figured out. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-30 Thread j kensler
The code is: j896c5kk.fi7/ d89635bb -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

[PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-29 Thread Greg Donald
I was wondering if anyone on the list has taken the Zend PHP Certification test? I bought the Zend study guide and have read it cover to cover, then I went back and re-read a bunch of it again in areas where I felt weak. I've been studying heavily the past two weeks and I have the test tomorrow

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-29 Thread Chris Shiflett
[Disclaimer: I am on the Zend Advisory Board and helped create the Zend Certification exam.] --- Greg Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bought the Zend study guide and have read it cover to cover That's a good approach. I don't think the guide is a good substitute for experience, but it's as

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-29 Thread James McGlinn
On Sep 30, 2004, at 8:01 AM, Greg Donald wrote: I was wondering if anyone on the list has taken the Zend PHP Certification test? I bought the Zend study guide and have read it cover to cover, then I went back and re-read a bunch of it again in areas where I felt weak. I've been studying heavily

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-29 Thread Greg Donald
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:01:22 -0700 (PDT), Chris Shiflett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Disclaimer: I am on the Zend Advisory Board and helped create the Zend Certification exam.] Thanks for your insite. Knowing you were involved, I was actually hoping you might reply to my post. I got 4/5 on the

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-29 Thread Greg Donald
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:36:50 -0500, Greg Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: insite insight too! I'm a nervous wreck today.. -- Greg Donald http://gdconsultants.com/ http://destiney.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-29 Thread Greg Donald
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:25:09 +1200, James McGlinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I sat the test last Wednesday after going through the guide cover to cover. Whilst there were a number of questions which were definitely experience-based, I found the questions were generally somewhat easier than the

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-29 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Greg Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Knowing you were involved, I was actually hoping you might reply to my post. I'd be interested in hearing your honest feedback after you take it, whether privately or on this list. Hopefully ZCE becomes a respected acronym, unlike MCSE. :-) I got 4/5

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-29 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- James McGlinn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I sat the test last Wednesday after going through the guide cover to cover. Whilst there were a number of questions which were definitely experience-based, I found the questions were generally somewhat easier than the chapter questions and practice

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-29 Thread j kensler
How long is the Zend certification 'good' for? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-29 Thread James McGlinn
On Sep 30, 2004, at 12:20 PM, j kensler wrote: How long is the Zend certification 'good' for? Daniel Kushner (Director of Education at Zend) has said: [1] [The] certifcation doesn't expire. The Education Advisory Board believe that a new exam should be released on every major version of PHP once

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-29 Thread Alawi Albaity
I purchase the guide before month and because I am outside US it will be inn my country after another month ( I actually bought it pdf version from phparch but because of the issue between Sams they cancel pdf version and sent the print on thier own charge for the shipment) , when I see Zend

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-29 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- j kensler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How long is the Zend certification 'good' for? It doesn't expire, but it's for a specific version of PHP (minor version number, not point release). The yellow pages at Zend will be enhanced to indicate the version number as well as the date once it becomes

Re: [PHP] Zend PHP Certification test

2004-09-29 Thread Daniel Kushner
Dear Alawi, I would like to thank you for your complements on the exam. The guys that wrote it definitely did an excellent job and produced a test of the highest quality. Your experience shows that even seasoned developers can enhance their PHP skills by studying for the exam. This is something