List of Exam Topics(ZEND)

List of Exam Topics
PHP Basics
Functions
Data Format & Types
    Syntax
    Operators
    Variables
    Control Structures
    Language Constructs and Functions
    Namespaces 
    Extensions
    Config
    Performance/bytecode caching
    Arguments
    Variables
    References
    Returns
    Variable Scope
    Anonymous Functions, closures
    XML Basics
    SimpleXML
    XML Extension
    Webservices Basics
    SOAP
    JSON 
    DateTime 
    DOMDocument
Web Features
Object Oriented Programming
Security
    Sessions
    Forms
    GET and POST data
    Cookies
    HTTP Headers
    HTTP Authentication
    HTTP Status Codes 
I/O
    Files
    Reading
    Writing
    File System Functions
    Streams
    Contexts
    Instantiation
    Modifiers/Inheritance
    Interfaces
    Exceptions
    Autoload
    Reflection
    Type Hinting
    Class Constants
    Late Static Binding
    Magic (_*) Methods
    Instance Methods & Properties
    SPL
    Traits 
    Configuration
    Session Security
    Cross-Site Scripting
    Cross-Site Request Forgeries
    SQL Injection
    Remote Code Injection
    Email Injection
    Filter Input
    Escape Output
    Encryption, Hashing algorithms
    File uploads
    PHP Configuration
    Password hashing API 
Strings & Patterns
Databases & SQL
Arrays
    Quoting
    Matching
    Extracting
    Searching
    Replacing
    Formatting
    PCRE
    NOWDOC
    Encodings
    SQL
    Joins
    Prepared Statements
    Transactions
    PDO
    Associative Arrays
    Array Iteration
    Array Functions
    SPL, Objects as arrays 
    Casting