200-530 Zend PHP 5.3 Certification - English - (ENU) This certification is conducted by Zend Technologies Ltd. (the company that virtually manages the development of PHP as a language) and also deals in development of products relating to the development, deployment and management of PHP-based web applications, including Zend Studio. The exam is created by an Advisory Board made up of thought leaders in the PHP community. Because the exam is created with specific skills, knowledge and competencies that are matched to real-world job functions, Zend Certifications provide a measure of technical distinction that employers use to evaluate prospective employees and the candidates who manages to get this certification are considered to be elite in the PHP development community. The rarity of this certification can be gauged from the fact that the overall population of Zend Certified Developers is only 439 since 2005, from among a million developers in India and their overall population in whole world is also just a couple of thousand. Link to the yellow pages for the details of the said certification: http://www.zend.com/store/education/certification/yellow-pages.php#show-ClientCandidateID=ZEND019291