If the interviewers asked you syntax memorization questions, then they're missing out on lot of much better interview questions to ask.
Interviewers ask this kind of this for two reasons:
It's an easy and lazy question to ask
They think that it filters out programmers who claim to know PHP but don't actually know it.
A much better kind of interview question is to talk about real projects that you've built, or to debate the advantages or disadvantages of various tools or libraries. Unfortunately, not all interviewers do this.
In reality, all programmers search Google for basic things all the time. I still look up functions every day, and I've been programming for ten years. So it's too bad that you were unlucky in your interviews, because searching for reference material is a very normal everyday thing.
If the interviewers asked you syntax memorization questions, then they're missing out on lot of much better interview questions to ask.
Interviewers ask this kind of this for two reasons:
A much better kind of interview question is to talk about real projects that you've built, or to debate the advantages or disadvantages of various tools or libraries. Unfortunately, not all interviewers do this.
In reality, all programmers search Google for basic things all the time. I still look up functions every day, and I've been programming for ten years. So it's too bad that you were unlucky in your interviews, because searching for reference material is a very normal everyday thing.
Glad to hear that I'm not alone! :p