I have over 5 years of experience programming with PHP & MySQL. I started out making my own Content Management System (I hadn’t heard of Open Source
back then), now I mainly use PHP & MySQL when working with WordPress, osCommerce and phpBB.
When I first started making websites I wanted to give people the ability to update their own sites. A friend told me to look into PHP so I bought a book and made my own CMS. Looking back it would have made more sense to get Joomla or WordPress but I wouldn’t have learned as much… right?
I currently use PHP & MySQL while creating and customizing skins for WordPress blogs, ocCommerce e-commerce sites and phpBB message boards.