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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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  2. furqan ahmed [Jul 7, 2010]

    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

  3. champ [Mar 6, 2008]

    hi
    Congratulations on achieving the mile stone.

  4. Shafiq Rehman [Aug 9, 2007]

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

  5. sonia [Aug 9, 2007]

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

  6. Shafiq Rehman [Jul 24, 2007]

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

  7. fatmaz [Jul 23, 2007]

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

  8. Zafar Iqbal [Jun 11, 2007]

    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.

  9. Hasan Samee [Feb 26, 2007]

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

  10. Muhammad Asim [Feb 16, 2007]

    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.

  11. Javed Iqbal (unemployed) [Feb 12, 2007]

    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

  12. Shakeel Tariq [Feb 5, 2007]

    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”

    ;)

  13. QaissaR Naqvi [Jan 8, 2007]

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

  14. M Haroon Ahmed [Jan 2, 2007]

    Dear Shafiq,
    Congratulations to you, A big mile stone

  15. Nauman Khan [Dec 29, 2006]

    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.

  16. Monis [Dec 29, 2006]

    Shafiq,

    Great job! We are very proud of you.

  17. Majid Imtiaz [Dec 28, 2006]

    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.

  18. Shafiq Rehman [Dec 28, 2006]

    Thank you so much to all of you.

    Hey Faried I will be on RoR soon :)

  19. M Zahid [Dec 28, 2006]

    Congratulation Shafiq,

    What else Guru also Certified Now.:)

  20. Masood Mehmood [Dec 28, 2006]

    Well done! gr8 Achievement!

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

  21. Amir Bilal [Dec 28, 2006]

    Faried, I am on RoR. are you?

  22. Saqib Aziz [Dec 28, 2006]

    Many Congrats!!!

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

    Best Wishes

  23. Faried Nawaz [Dec 28, 2006]

    Next stop: rails?

  24. Amir Bilal [Dec 28, 2006]

    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.

  25. Muhammad Khalid [Dec 28, 2006]

    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!

  26. Aisha Sarwari [Dec 27, 2006]

    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!

  27. Fayyaz [Dec 27, 2006]

    Big Milestone achieved! Keep up the good work. Best of luck

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