If objects and classes in PHP have you mystified, you're not alone. For beginning programmers, the object-oriented programming aspects of PHP are some of the hardest parts of the language to comprehend. Once you get it, you get it - but up until that stage, it can be a rough ride. Thankfully, Evolt.org is here to help you in your quest for OOP PHP perfection with their newest posting, PHP Intro to Objects and Classes

The article's a good place to start if you're familiar with some of how PHP works and a bit of knowledge under your belt. If you're just starting with the language, it might be a bit much for you to handle, but you can always try. They give you a "real world example" and some sample code to compliment it, along with a good explanation of what it all does and how it does it.

OOP can be one of the more useful things in PHP, if you know how to use it. I've been doing this thing for a few years now, and I'm still constantly learning things about the language that I never knew. But, I started from things just like this.