IndridCold

It’s been four days now and despite the withdrawals (headaches and fatigue) I’m starting to bounce back. It’s amazing how many products actually have caffeine in them, even a lot of the headache remedies for example.

The cravings will die down after a few days, though mornings can be hard. I’ve had to turn to eating sugary foods (the next thing I will be quitting!) to pick me back up.

All in all I feel more relaxed and able to concentrate.

I passed the PHP5 certification a couple of weeks ago after Engine (www.enginecreative.co.uk) kindly sponsored me. It was more of a refresher for me, though the XML chapters have been extremely useful since. I previously hadn’t really touched PHP’s DomDocument object or SimpleXML.

It’s definately worth doing, the exam itself isn’t that hard. It’s more of a memory test. The study will however give you a concrete foundation to build upon. By this I mean, if you ever suffer the “is this the best way” syndrome (like I do) you’ll always have something to fall back on.

As a heads up for the exam, you’ll find a lot of the questions are trick questions. Don’t take any of them at face value. There are often slight syntax errors in the examples which can be tricky to spot!

I passed the PHP5 certification a couple of weeks ago after Engine (www.enginecreative.co.uk) kindly sponsored me. It was more of a refresher for me, though the XML chapters have been extremely useful since. I previously hadn’t really touched PHP’s DomDocument object or SimpleXML.

It’s definately worth doing, the exam itself isn’t that hard. It’s more of a memory test. The study will however give you a concrete foundation to build upon. By this I mean, if you ever suffer the “is this the best way” syndrome (like I do) you’ll always have something to fall back on.

As a heads up for the exam, you’ll find a lot of the questions are trick questions. Don’t take any of them at face value. There are often slight syntax errors in the examples which can be tricky to spot!