Zend - PHP 5.5 Certification Study Guide

(200-550) / ISBN: 9781616912154
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Zend - PHP 5.5 Certification Study Guide

Prepare for the Zend PHP certification exam with the Zend - PHP 5.5 Certification Study Guide and Practice Test. This PHP training course covers the Zend PHP certification exam and teaches you how to build interactive websites and applications using PHP, one of the most popular Web programming languages today. The Zend 200-550 exam course is for Professionals who have previously worked with a programming language such as Java, C#, or Perl.
Here's what you will get

The Zend PHP 5.5 is a standalone certification from Zend with the exam code 200-550. The goal of the Zend Certification program is to allow PHP professionals to attain the "Zend Certified Engineer" designation. Zend 200-550 exam provides a measure of technical distinction that employers use to evaluate prospective employees.

Lessons
  • 23+ Lessons
  • 121+ Exercises
  • 218+ Quizzes
  • 143+ Flashcards
  • 143+ Glossary of terms
TestPrep
  • 70+ Pre Assessment Questions
  • 3+ Full Length Tests
  • 70+ Post Assessment Questions
  • 210+ Practice Test Questions
Video Lessons
  • 45+ Videos
  • 03:20+ Hours
Here's what you will learn
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  • What Is PHP?
  • Why Use PHP?
  • The Evolution of PHP
  • What's New in PHP 5.5
  • Summary
  • Installing PHP
  • Other Ways to Run PHP
  • Creating Your First Script
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • Using Variables in PHP
  • Understanding Data Types
  • Operators and Expressions
  • Constants
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • Making Decisions
  • Doing Repetitive Tasks with Looping
  • Mixing Decisions and Looping with HTML
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • Creating and Accessing Strings
  • Searching Strings
  • Replacing Text within Strings
  • Dealing with Upper- and Lowercase
  • Formatting Strings
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • The Anatomy of an Array
  • Creating Arrays
  • Accessing Array Elements
  • Looping Through Arrays with foreach
  • Working with Multidimensional Arrays
  • Manipulating Arrays, SPL
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • What Is a Function?
  • Why Functions Are Useful
  • Calling Functions
  • Working with Variable Functions
  • Writing Your Own Functions
  • Working with References
  • Writing Recursive Functions
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • What Is Object-Oriented Programming?
  • Advantages of OOP
  • Understanding Basic OOP Concepts
  • Creating Classes and Objects in PHP
  • Creating and Using Properties
  • Working with Methods
  • Object Overloading with __get(), __set(), and __call()
  • Using Inheritance to Extend the Power of Objects
  • Constructors and Destructors
  • Automatically Loading Class Files
  • Storing Objects as Strings
  • Determining an Object's Class, Reflection
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • How HTML Forms Work
  • Capturing Form Data with PHP
  • Dealing with Multi-Value Fields
  • Generating Web Forms with PHP
  • Storing PHP Variables in Forms
  • Creating File Upload Forms
  • Redirecting after a Form Submission
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • Saving State with Query Strings
  • Working with Cookies
  • Using PHP Sessions to Store Data
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • Understanding Files and Directories
  • Getting Information on Files
  • Opening and Closing Files
  • Reading and Writing to Files
  • Working with File Permissions
  • Copying, Renaming, and Deleting Files
  • Working with Directories
  • Building a Text Editor
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • Deciding How to Store Data
  • Understanding Relational Databases
  • Setting Up MySQL
  • A Quick Play with MySQL
  • Connecting to MySQL from PHP, PDO
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • Setting Up the Book Club Database
  • Retrieving Data with SELECT
  • Creating a Member Record Viewer
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • Inserting Records
  • Updating Records
  • Deleting Records
  • Building a Member Registration Application
  • Creating a Members' Area
  • Creating a Member Manager Application
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • Installing PEAR Packages
  • Using a PEAR Package
  • Creating HTML Tables with the HTML_Table Package
  • Web Forms the Easy Way with HTML_QuickForm
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • Working with Dates and Times
  • Working with HTTP
  • Getting Information from the Web Server
  • Sending Email
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • Basics of Computer Graphics
  • Creating Images
  • Manipulating Images
  • Using Text in Images
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • Regular Expression
  • Pattern Matching in PHP
  • Exploring Regular Expression Syntax
  • Finding Multiple Matches with preg_match_all()
  • Searching Arrays with preg_grep()
  • Replacing Text
  • Altering Matching Behavior with Pattern Modifiers
  • Splitting a String with a Regular Expression
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • XML
  • XML Document Structure
  • Reading XML Documents with PHP
  • Writing and Manipulating XML Documents with PHP
  • Doing XML the Easy Way with SimpleXML
  • Working with XSL and XSLT
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • Writing Modular Code
  • Using Coding Standards for Consistency
  • Documenting Your Code
  • Checking Input and Encoding Output
  • Handling Errors
  • Separating Application Logic from Presentation Logic
  • Automated Code Testing with PHPUnit
  • Security
  • Configuration and Session Security
  • Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request Forgeries
  • SQL Injection, Remote Code Injection
  • Email Injection, Filter Input, Escape Output
  • Secure file uploads, Data storage, SSL
  • Summary
  • Exercise
  • Exercise Solution
  • About php.ini
  • php.ini Options
  • Language Options
  • Miscellaneous
  • Resource Limits
  • Error Handling and Logging
  • Data Handling
  • Paths and Directories
  • File Uploads
  • Fopen Wrappers
  • Dynamic Extensions
  • Module Settings
  • SQLite
  • PostgreSQL
  • dbm-Style Databases
  • Oracle
  • ODBC
  • Other Databases Supported by PHP
  • Running Command-Line PHP Scripts
  • Passing Arguments to Command-Line Scripts
  • Creating Interactive Scripts
  • Scheduling PHP Command-Line Scripts
  • Useful Command-Line Options
  • Wrapping Up
Exam FAQs
What are the prerequisites for this exam? There are no technical prerequisites for this exam.
What is the exam registration fee? USD 125
Where do I take the exam? The 200-550 exam is administered by Pearson VUE at testing centers worldwide. Click here to find a testing center near you.
What is the format of the exam?
  • Multiple choice
  • free-form question for which the answer must be typed
How many questions are asked in the exam? The exam contains 75 questions.
What is the duration of the exam? 90 minutes
What is the passing score? You will receive a pass/fail grade only.
What is the exam's retake policy?

Retake Policy for Zend 200-550 exam is:

  • There is no limit to the number of retakes for a candidate who has failed their exam.
  • There is no waiting period between the first and second attempt to pass this examination.
What is the validity of the certification? For life
Where can I find more information about this exam? To know more about the 200-550, click here.
What are the career opportunities after passing this exam?
  • PHP Developer
  • Web Administrator
  • Zend Certified Engineer
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