Re: Any free online tests to test my PHP knowledge?

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:53:54AM -0600, Mike Hansen wrote: > >> Does anyone know of a site that has an online test of PHP skills? >> I'd like to review my PHP knowledge. >> >> I've already run across this site: >> http://vladalexa.com/scripts/php/test/test_php_skill.html >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mike > > I've had to take online PHP tests twice for recruiters. My beefs are 1) > they're not "open book", and I code with a tab open to php.net all the > time. (Who remembers which parameter comes first on which function call: > needle or haystack?) 2) They never tell you *what* you got wrong. That's > not very helpful. > > Mind you, these aren't "free" tests like you're probably talking about. > They are through a vendor whom the recruiter probably pays to administer > the test. > > Incidentally, despite having written an awful lot of working PHP code, I > don't do well on those tests. Helps my confidence a lot, as you can > imagine. > > Paul > Geez, closed book? I would have a hard time throwing: ?>pph together. -- Paul Halliday http://www.squertproject.org/