| January 14th, 2013, 10:03 PM | Actions…Arantor » @Dragooon> All in all, I'm pretty sure you'd pass PHP 5.3 without too much trouble. (…) |
| January 14th, 2013, 10:02 PM | Actions…Arantor » @Dragooon> Like why you're using a string function, which accepts two strings, to compare an int and a string and being expected to know the likely outcome. |
| January 14th, 2013, 10:01 PM | Actions…Arantor » @Arantor> It might also be worth having a general knowledge of what's actually likely to be in a php.ini file (the bigger name/high profile settings and stuff) and just generally revisiting stuff you don't know very well/use very often. |
| January 14th, 2013, 10:01 PM | Actions…Arantor » @Arantor> After that, just kept a general understanding of PHP in my mind. Key areas to know: security, Web Services (incl. SOAP), DOM, SimpleXML, streams, classes/namespaces/exceptions and the general OOP goodies, and remembering to read the question twice. (…) |
| January 14th, 2013, 09:59 PM | Actions…Arantor » @Dragooon> I read the study guide, gave up once I realised how messed up it was (see my comments about being asked to strcmp(12345, '12345') (…) |
| January 14th, 2013, 09:29 PM | Actions…Arantor » @Antes> Thanks! |
| January 14th, 2013, 07:19 PM | Actions…Arantor » @Dragooon> It's a 70 question test, mostly multiple choice (sometimes pick 1/5, sometimes pick 2-3 out of 5, sometimes naming something), all done electronically (…) |
| January 14th, 2013, 07:09 PM | Actions…Arantor » @Dragooon> No, but Zend has certified me as a PHP 5.3 programmer :D (…) |
| January 14th, 2013, 06:50 PM | Actions…Arantor » I summon the vast powers of certification! (…) |
| January 14th, 2013, 01:20 AM | Actions…Arantor » @CJ Jackson> Pretty much |
| January 13th, 2013, 11:09 PM | Actions…Arantor » @MultiformeIngegno> Um... it was implemented back in Acrobat 7 by Adobe... (remember, we're on Acrobat 10+ now) (…) |
| January 13th, 2013, 10:54 PM | Actions…Arantor » @godboko71> Just another chapter in the annals :( |
| January 13th, 2013, 10:30 PM | Actions…Arantor » @godboko71> That should tell you what sort of state smCore is in. (…) |
| January 13th, 2013, 08:47 PM | Actions…Arantor » @MultiformeIngegno> Try adding #page=x to the URL that loads the PDF... (…) |
| January 13th, 2013, 06:08 AM | Actions…Arantor » @Arantor> "It is easier to seek forgiveness than to ask permission." So I did it and if it wasn't acceptable, it can be reverted easy enough. |
| January 13th, 2013, 05:44 AM | Actions…Arantor » I don't know if I should make this commit, it adds something like 140 bytes to the main CSS file :o (before gzip) (…) |
| January 13th, 2013, 04:57 AM | Actions…Arantor » @Anthony`> That's my thought on it, and it's also promotional material for Wedge. I mean, it's something IPB uses as part of their pitch. |
| January 13th, 2013, 04:48 AM | Actions…Arantor » @Anthony`> That's exactly it. I'm not testing my understanding of the language, I'm testing my ability to remember all the oddities, and to me that's a frustration. Mind you, a free copy of Zend Studio out of it if I pass. (…) |
| January 13th, 2013, 04:44 AM | Actions…Arantor » @Anthony`> That's the point. I'm taking an exam to test my knowledge of the insanity of PHP. I should be OK, but the very nature of PHP makes it hard to have a truly great grip on it. (…) |
| January 13th, 2013, 04:32 AM | Actions…Arantor » @Arantor> From the study guide, what is the result of strcmp(12345, '12345')... yes, what do you get if you plug a string and an int into a string comparison function. (…) |