If you aren't clear on what the failings of PHP are, you may want to stick with the language. Keep flexing your SQL skills, build great UIs, and figure out how

If you aren't clear on what the failings of PHP are, you may want to stick with the language. Keep flexing your SQL skills, build great UIs, and figure out how to modularize your code to keep repetition down. Take a look at Rails a year down the road -- start by browsing the official Rails book at your local Barnes.