PHPied.com has a reminder for all of those out there that have been thinking about taking the Zend Certification - the deadline for the discount ends August 31st!

[The discount] expires August 31, $75 off the "normal" price of $200. For details and purchase, see the PHP certification section of the Zend.com site.

Zend are celebrating the 600th PHP certified engineer, so they've decided on this discount. Which is nice. $200 has always seemed a bit more than an open-source developer is willing to pay for an exam, so a discount is always appreciated.

I listened in on the PHP in the Job Market webcast from Zend yesterday, and there was some mention about going to the ZCE Yellow Pages first when looking for a PHP developer. Of course, the webcast was from Zend, so you have to take it with a grain of salt. However, I do think there's real value in the certification - it's a good way, as is any cert, to let potential customers/bosses/random people on the street know that you know at least a little something about what you're talking about...