Zend certification

[Karma]

Hey all :)

I've started my journey through the Zend certification (PHP5) so expect a bunch of random questions from me over the next few weeks.

I've been using PHP for around 5 years and I'm amazed at the stuff I didn't know but I'm kind of enjoying (!) learning things that I've seen briefly in more detail.

Anyone else done/passed the Zend PHP5 certification? How did you find it? (So far, it's been a lot harder than I thought it'd be).

[coopster]

the stuff I didn't know

I'm curious what subjects/areas were new for you?

[Karma]

Well, the exam is broken down in to the following:

1. Basic Language
2. Functions
3. Arrays
4. String Manipulation & Regular Expressions
5. Web Features
6. OOP
7. Database Access
8. Design
9. XML & Web Services
10. Security
11. Streams & Network Programming
12. PHP4/5 Differences

I'm up to chapter 5 now, so can only really comment up to here.

There was a bunch of array operations I wasn't really aware of (array_diff, array_intersect etc) and a few parts in the string chapter (strspan, sscanf and almost all of the regular expressions).