Posted by Dikkie Dik on 12/14/06 16:41

>>> I am NOT comfortable with OOP yet - that is why I want to take the
>>> PHP 4 exam. I use PHP 5 now but not the OO funcationality.

>> Are you sure you need the certification? Hardly any future employer will
>> care for it AFAIK. They are much more interested in past work then this
>> particular certification, assuming they've even heard of it.

> I am not sure but am getting calls for part-time consulting gigs and want a
> cert to help marketing.

I'd start with Object Oriented Programming and leave the certificate. I
never encountered an employer who asked for a PHP certificate, but
nearly all of them ask for object-oriented experience. Often, an object
oriented background is considered more important than specific PHP
knowledge.
Mind you, a huge lot of those employers do not or hardly use any objects
in their code, but they nonetheless ask for the knowledge when
recruiting personnel.

Best regards

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