I should have an interview for coding PHP soon, hopefully.

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I already know date and time functions and a few strings manipulations. If that's all, it looks I'm good for the job, hopefully.

Thanx for that, you've put my mind at easy a tiny bit.
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if that things are covered still I wouldn't suggest you to ease down... read up other topics besides of what you know.. extra reading wouldn't hurt you :) Be prepared is the motto
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Look at file system, cURL, clean form processing, etc. In lieu of a DB, some people use File System for data storage. Also look at LDAP.
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Questions like, classes and reusable codes might come too...
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10 minutes of talking to someone is enough for me to know if the person is pulling info out of their arse or not.
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The good thing is, my current boss couldn't...

Shhh, don't tell him. :twisted:
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This didn't go too well.
I had to deal with 2 tables, 1 table had a resellers name and a resellers unique ID number. The second table had the the resellers unique ID, an ADSL username, a unix timestamp of when it was created and a unix timestamp of when it ceased. If the order hadn't ceased then the number was 0.

The first task was to create a table with the resellers name and also how many orders they had. I did this but in 50 odd lines of code.
The second task I don't remember because it was working with averages so I skipped it.
The third task was to have 3 text fields to enter a day of the month, a month of the year and a year. From this I had to convert it to a unix time stamp and compare it the ceased and went live date to show if that order was live on the specified day. I got as far as converting the entered date to a unix timestamp but I got stuck on comparing it with the date created and the date ceased.
I never got to the fourth task :(

I had an hour to do this so all in all I didn't quite poor :(
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well at least you tried... keep at it man. At the beginning of this year, I could barely validate a form... now look at me... I'm an "extreme guru"
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Hey you might still get the job. I have taken tests before at companies that there is no way you could possibly finish, turns out they only score you on how many questions you answer correctly. Besides, they probably knew the dates would throw you off, so if no one else did better, the job is yours :)
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yea actually the job I have now... I was CONVINCED that I blew it at the interview... but apparently not, cuz here I am :D
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Is your job PHP related?
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No he is a fireman.
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A good fireman that stops dangerous fires or a bad fireman that starts dangerous fires?
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astions wrote:No he is a fireman.
:lol: :lol: classic
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astions wrote:I have taken tests before at companies that there is no way you could possibly finish, turns out they only score you on how many questions you answer correctly.
If I had a test like that it would concern me. If they're willing to give you an unachievable task to do in an interview then what on Earth are the deadlines going to be like in the job!?
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