Certified training?

[pat_gilmour]

I've been learning PHP for a while now mainly on my own. With the various site resources, a few books and actual experience, I think you can get to a good level pretty quickly.

Nevertheless, I was wondering if there are any well respected certified training courses for PHP or is there even a standard qualification that one can take.

I know this isn't necessary for everyone, but as a freelancer these bits of paper do help.

Thanks in advance.

Pat Gilmour

[bjdouros]

I have been asked to get certified from brainbench.com before but read this first:
http://www.phpbuilder.com/forum/read.php3?num=1&id=118509&loc=0&thread=118509

[pat_gilmour]

Thanks for the link - did do a search, strange I didn't find it.

Also, very strange that a technology that supports over 7 million web sites from what I read doesn't have a "reputable" cert. provider. Is there some reason for this that anyone knows?