Matt,

Are you crazy? Got tired of the snow? High Altitude? Skiing? Low(er) home insurance rates? Florida is nice, too for 1/2 the time.

Here's a great book to check out - explains classes in php and objects in a way that is easy to understand - no $foo->$bar::fooBar();

Amazon.com: PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice, Second Edition: Matt Zandstra: Books

And, John Marc, since you have such a good handle on the base language, using those classes would save you so much time in development. I can see how at this point and am trying to get there, but I still revert to my old ways... It ain't easy.