Question - Skill Certifications

What PHP/MySQL web development certification programs exist that are acceptable to Human Resource managers and other hiring types (similar to MSCE)?

I am at the point that I want to start shopping my services around. But with limited development experience (only my own web application in portfolio), I am thinking that certification from a viable organization will help open doors.

Suggestions, links, etc. are greatly appreciated.

There really is only one PHP certification, the Zend one. As for other certs, you might look at becoming red hat certified.

Thanks,
those Zend courses look like the thing.

I also recommend the MySQL Core certification (currently working on this myself). http://www.mysql.com/training/certification/candguide/sec-core.html

cheaper - and not as well known and accepted in PHP circles - brainbench certifications (though they are recognized by many major companies and I think the US gov't). I have more then a few of them myself. See here: http://www.brainbench.com/

I have some Brainbench certifications. I hung them up in my office along with family photos and people would look at them like "oooh, you're certified." I felt an urge to correct them say, "yes, I went to Hollywood Upstairs Medical IT College."

I do agree that Zend is the best option right now. When some asked me about attending one of the PHP conferences, I said "to learn." They replied, "Don't you do that in a school?" I returned, "PHP is one of the more popular languages on the web and few people teach it." Locally, ( http://foolsoft.blogspot.com/2005/06/earn-money-for-someone-else-while-you.html
and http://foolsoft.blogspot.com/2005/01/ill-learn-perl-after-i-teach-it.html ), we have a bunch a scam technical colleges that sort of teach PHP (and Perl).

Unfortunately, formal training and certification isn't as common as what you would find with Microsoft.