In a new article from php|architect Joel Clermont shares a few helpful hints on what he did to help prepare for the Zend Framework Certification Exam.

oDesk, the Marketplace for Online Workteams, is both a marketplace for software projects that need to get done (buyers) and for programmers and software development shops with the skills to complete them (providers).

oDesk has recently set up a groups feature and Zend Certified Engineers is one of their groups which require verification of eligibility in order to join. Let’s take a look at oDesk and what they provide for both of their constituencies (buyers and providers) and why PHP programmers might find oDesk and ZCE status of interest…

In this article, Alan Seiden gives away 4 secrets on how he prepared for the Zend Framework Certification exam, and passed it. This goes a little deeper than “study hard and often”, and gives you links to excellent resources for when you are prepping for the exam. If you still have doubts about wether you can pass the exam, you sure want to read this article, and get yourself certified. With these steps, there are no more reasons why you can’t be a Zend Framework Certified Engineer too!

Wolfgang Drews wraps up another week of PHP coverage across the global (and the Net)…

bq. Hello, welcome back to another fine wrapup of the last week in phpworld – let’s take a look!