Re: Certification

I know it's not specifically what you're looking for, but it may help further the discussion. We offer PHP training courses. While it's not 'certification' in the sense that we're not a 'well-known, respected' authority, we provide a hands-on environment where you learn a series of skills - from "hello world" thru connecting to a database, add/edit/delete info from a db, and a bit more (user authentication techniques, etc). While we're not accredited in anyway, it has been helpful to many of our students who need the helping hand and/or something more than a book/magazine. We'd love to work with others in the PHP community to help develop a set of certification standards, though there doesn't seem to be a big outcry for it right now from the community. Christian Dechery wrote:

I know this is a recurrent question around here... but it's always nice to ask: Is there (or is it in process of...) any kind of certification for PHP. I live in Brazil and have been developing with PHP+Mysql for over a year, but there are no courses around here... none. And in part, it's because there is no certification, or proof of any kind from a respected or well-known organization.

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