Zend has an announcement today about their latest PHP Online Training Courses for anyone to take.

Some of the topics covered in these courses include: PHP essentials (OOP, security, performance, etc), tuning your PHP to get the optimum speed, using Smarty, working with XML through PHP, and working with PEAR and HTML_QuickForm.

With the exception of the "PHP Essentials" course ($499), the remainder of the classes are only $99 each. Not the cheapest, but you still get quite the value for the dollar. The $99 pays for three hours of instruction time with some of the major names in the PHP world today - such as Chris Shiflett, David Sklar, and George Schlossnagle.

So, go on over, check out the listing of courses, and maybe give one a try...