3rd ZCE from Pakistan

December 26, 2006 – 10:00 am | by Shafiq Rehman

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Well, after dreaming for more than a year to become ZCE, I finally passed the Zend PHP Certification exam today. It was rather tough. Most of the questions were confusing.

To pass the exam, I recommend you get comfortable with array manipulation, regular expression, dates, file streams, solving syntactical problems and excellent memory to remember function names and their purpose. I have signed and accepted the NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement), so I cannot disclose any more information.

Zend Study guides & Practice Test Books are excellent but you must have years of practical experience in php and mysql to pass the exam. The result of the exam is boolean (True or False) Smile. It would be better if ZEND disclose the result.

I am thrilled to have accomplished this feat after much preparation. However, I did get plenty of support. As they say, behind every successful man there is a woman and in my case it was my wife!

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  • furqan ahmed

    well man I congrats you to have this certification can ya please tell me that i am from karachi (Pakistan) can ya please guide me that how could i give this certification is there any institute where i could sit in the examination

  • champ

    hi
    Congratulations on achieving the mile stone.

  • champ

    hi
    Congratulations on achieving the mile stone.

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  • http://shafiq.pk Shafiq Rehman

    Thanks Sonia! You can pass ZCE exam if you have 1-2 years of working experience on professional projects.

  • http://shafiq.pk/ Shafiq Rehman

    Thanks Sonia! You can pass ZCE exam if you have 1-2 years of working experience on professional projects.

  • http://www.cyberzeus.net sonia

    congrats..exactly, when do you think that one can take exam, i mean the experience duration, 6 months or 6 years

  • http://www.cyberzeus.net/ sonia

    congrats..exactly, when do you think that one can take exam, i mean the experience duration, 6 months or 6 years

  • http://shafiq.pk Shafiq Rehman

    Fatmaz! here is the link to find out ZCE from Pakistan

  • http://shafiq.pk/ Shafiq Rehman

    Fatmaz! here is the link to find out ZCE from Pakistan

  • fatmaz

    how u know that u r a 3rd person from pk who got this certificate

  • fatmaz

    how u know that u r a 3rd person from pk who got this certificate

  • http://ziqbalbh.wordpress.com/ Zafar Iqbal

    Hi,
    First many congratulations on passing this certification. You really took a long time to come to this point. I remember when we all started our exploring this diversified field of web development way back in mid 2000.

    We all have enjoyed our time and adventures so far, and have achieved a lot through our hard work and dedication.

    May ALLAH bless you and rest of us with more success and happiness.

    And most of all say thank you bhabhi for giving him some courage to take this exam.

  • http://ziqbalbh.wordpress.com/ Zafar Iqbal

    Hi,
    First many congratulations on passing this certification. You really took a long time to come to this point. I remember when we all started our exploring this diversified field of web development way back in mid 2000.

    We all have enjoyed our time and adventures so far, and have achieved a lot through our hard work and dedication.

    May ALLAH bless you and rest of us with more success and happiness.

    And most of all say thank you bhabhi for giving him some courage to take this exam.

  • Hasan Samee

    Configurations!!
    Wishing u all the best in ur life!!!
    keep smiling

  • Hasan Samee

    Configurations!!
    Wishing u all the best in ur life!!!
    keep smiling

  • Muhammad Asim

    PHP Certification:
    I am from Gujranwala and still working in ShelTec Inc Software House, I want to Certified in php, Please guide me to done it.

  • Muhammad Asim

    PHP Certification:
    I am from Gujranwala and still working in ShelTec Inc Software House, I want to Certified in php, Please guide me to done it.

  • Javed Iqbal (unemployed)

    kia faida aisi CERTIFICATION ka k aap ka apna bhanja unemployed hay or is waja se us ki shadi delay ho rahi hay. Congratulation mamoooooooon

  • Javed Iqbal (unemployed)

    kia faida aisi CERTIFICATION ka k aap ka apna bhanja unemployed hay or is waja se us ki shadi delay ho rahi hay. Congratulation mamoooooooon

  • Shakeel Tariq

    Congratulations Mian Sb.

    At last the giant’s awakened :)

    I hope you were not following Mark Twain, as he quoted once:

    “I’m glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again”

    ;)

  • Shakeel Tariq

    Congratulations Mian Sb.

    At last the giant’s awakened :)

    I hope you were not following Mark Twain, as he quoted once:

    “I’m glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again”

    ;)

  • QaissaR Naqvi

    Mian Jee, You are always Guru.
    Congratulation on ur brilliant success,

  • QaissaR Naqvi

    Mian Jee, You are always Guru.
    Congratulation on ur brilliant success,

  • http://www.mushko.com M Haroon Ahmed

    Dear Shafiq,
    Congratulations to you, A big mile stone

  • http://www.mushko.com/ M Haroon Ahmed

    Dear Shafiq,
    Congratulations to you, A big mile stone

  • Nauman Khan

    WOW, that is great. MASHA ALLAH. May ALLAH Almighty bring more and more success in your life. Now i will be able to ask more complicated PHP questions from you :)

    Many Congratulations again.

  • Nauman Khan

    WOW, that is great. MASHA ALLAH. May ALLAH Almighty bring more and more success in your life. Now i will be able to ask more complicated PHP questions from you :)

    Many Congratulations again.

  • http://www.naseeb.com Monis

    Shafiq,

    Great job! We are very proud of you.

  • http://www.naseeb.com/ Monis

    Shafiq,

    Great job! We are very proud of you.

  • http://www.majidimtiaz.com Majid Imtiaz

    Dear Shafiq,
    Congratulations to you and May ALLAH guide you to achieve more successes in your life. My regards and congratulations to Bhabi Jaan as well to support my friend. Wish both of you a Happy and Successful life.

  • http://www.majidimtiaz.com/ Majid Imtiaz

    Dear Shafiq,
    Congratulations to you and May ALLAH guide you to achieve more successes in your life. My regards and congratulations to Bhabi Jaan as well to support my friend. Wish both of you a Happy and Successful life.

  • http://shafiq.pk Shafiq Rehman

    Thank you so much to all of you.

    Hey Faried I will be on RoR soon :)

  • M Zahid

    Congratulation Shafiq,

    What else Guru also Certified Now.:)

  • http://shafiq.pk/ Shafiq Rehman

    Thank you so much to all of you.

    Hey Faried I will be on RoR soon :)

  • M Zahid

    Congratulation Shafiq,

    What else Guru also Certified Now.:)

  • http://www.securitycoders.com Masood Mehmood

    Well done! gr8 Achievement!

    Kahlid sb, pointer for you. Get yourself a wife before attempting any exam.

  • http://www.securitycoders.com/ Masood Mehmood

    Well done! gr8 Achievement!

    Kahlid sb, pointer for you. Get yourself a wife before attempting any exam.

  • http://www.amirbilal.com Amir Bilal

    Faried, I am on RoR. are you?

  • http://www.amirbilal.com/ Amir Bilal

    Faried, I am on RoR. are you?

  • Saqib Aziz

    Many Congrats!!!

    You were already a PHP Gurru. Now you’ve become a Certified Gurru.

    Best Wishes

  • Saqib Aziz

    Many Congrats!!!

    You were already a PHP Gurru. Now you’ve become a Certified Gurru.

    Best Wishes

  • http://www.hungry.com/~fn/ Faried Nawaz

    Next stop: rails?

  • http://rotatef.blogspot.com/ Faried Nawaz

    Next stop: rails?

  • http://www.amirbilal.com Amir Bilal

    Congratulations Shafiq!

    It was a really great achievement. May ALLAH AZZA WA JAL bless you with more and more successes in your life all the way.

  • http://www.amirbilal.com/ Amir Bilal

    Congratulations Shafiq!

    It was a really great achievement. May ALLAH AZZA WA JAL bless you with more and more successes in your life all the way.

  • http://blogs.mkhalid.com Muhammad Khalid

    Congratulations Shafiq.
    It is a great achievement for you. I wish you may get more success rapidly like this in your life.

    Once again, Congratulations!

  • http://blogs.mkhalid.com/ Muhammad Khalid

    Congratulations Shafiq.
    It is a great achievement for you. I wish you may get more success rapidly like this in your life.

    Once again, Congratulations!

  • http://www.rozee.pk Aisha Sarwari

    After splendid work at Naseeb Networks Inc. you’ve managed to get a prestigious certification under your belt, which shows determination and the thirst for knowledge.

    Hats off to your wife for being such a stable support for you…

    Congratulations!

  • http://www.rozee.pk/ Aisha Sarwari

    After splendid work at Naseeb Networks Inc. you’ve managed to get a prestigious certification under your belt, which shows determination and the thirst for knowledge.

    Hats off to your wife for being such a stable support for you…

    Congratulations!

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