Web DB - PHP or ...? ... .

ok. I'm about to build a website/database. It's gonna be like kind of online classifieds slash community - but the main focus is on the classifieds (which are free)

So... my first thought was to teach myself PHP and MySQL stuff. I've done a tiny bit of PHP before and I'm a fast learner and not a retard. I know I can do it and otherwise I would be hiring someone.

The Question:
Should I just go ahead and learn some PHP
OR
Is there a better language out there?

--- thnx

>>38
I was stating that out of the languages I've spent a decent amount of time with, PHP was the quickest to pick up and start going with. I never stated that I succeeded in learning any language other than PHP - there was a time when I could do some decent amount of C++ but when I got to college, my CSC C++ course got canceled and I got hired as a PHP developer, so for the last 4 years I've worked with PHP and had not much free time to go back to learning any other languages. I deal with Java at work occasionally, but it frustrates me since other people wrote the code who no longer work with us and no one but me comments or documents functionality.