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This is the question that my teacher asked us today. Here was my answer:

1. using a professional php framework
2. using some king of templating engine
3. securing sql queries
4. writing clean and documented code, and in the same time fast

What would be your answer?

There is no sure-fire way of confirming someone to be an “Advanced PHP Programmer.” An advanced PHP programmer could not use a framework at all and opt for the more hardcore route of raw PHP goodness. I still don’t sometimes use a template engine - PHP was designed first and foremost as a template language to be embedded in HTML. Securing SQL queries has little to do with PHP - it’s a general rule of thumb for most good, secure applications. And your last point could again be applied to pretty much anything.

I think the best gauge to estimate a programmer’s aptitude with is their code. Is their code clean and readable? Is it documented well? Does it have any outstanding bugs? Does it use the best technique and paradigm for the job? Does it actually solve the problem?

If you answer yes to those questions, I’ll consider you as an advanced programmer. Notwithstanding the knowledge of the language and standard library itself, any tools you use and your overall process. Of course, this is all variable - we all knock up little bits of horrible code to do the job, but the mark of an advanced programmer is not how you code correctly, by why.

It’s a very fine line, but really, to be an advanced programmer you need to stop procrastinating and go and code some stuff. Tell your teacher that.

Jamie

My code is clean(80-90%) and readable(90%)

Documented - Until now I wrote applications only for my use, and I was only writing in the header of the function what does it do.

Outstanding bugs - since I started using CI, I didn’t find any bugs, and my app was tested by 2 experienced php programmers

Does it use the best technique and paradigm for the job?  Don’t understand

Problem was solved 😊

Theres two different things here. One is an Advanced Programmer and the other is Advanced PHP programming, from the topic title it sounds like your talking about the later, PHP it self.

I completely agree with what Jamie Rumbelow said about a programmer.

I think you should look into what you considered advanced code.