Phew. That would have been embarrassing if I'd not passed my ZCE on Thursday afternoon (Jun 4th, 2009).

Back at the PHP London Conference at the end of February, iBuildings was offering a little test, with prize for people that could do well answering the sort of questions that are on the ZCE exam. Never one to turn down something useful for free, I took ten minutes to answer the eight questions. A few weeks later, I get …

Well, I've just completed the PHP Arch 'Vulcan' practice test – the first of up to five such practice tests I've purchased. I have quite deliberately not gone through what study materials I have on hand before I took this test (I wanted to get a baseline), but none the less got an 'EXCELLENT' final score, and the same …

This week I'm going to take the first of my PHPArch.com's ZCE prep test – then I'll read the book and see they they expect me to know. Going for the Zend Certification is something I've been thinking of doing for a couple of years, and especially now that it covers PHP5 – and increasingly good practices and security …