For anyone who’s getting started with PHP but doesn’t really get the whole “Object Oriented” thing, I’d suggest taking a look at The Practicality of OO PHP. It does a good job of explaining when it’s good to use objects and when it’s better to avoid them. Anyone who’s even partially curious as to why the next big version of the openFIRST software will be object oriented should take a look at that page (even if you’re not a big fan of reading code the second page outlines advantages and disadvantages in plain English).

For those who are curious I found this through PHPDeveloper.org which tends to have a lot of good PHP resources and does have a nifty feed for syndication.