Exercises
Look at the packages at http://pear.php.net. How many of them solve problems that you have had to address yourself? How many will solve problems in your upcoming projects?
Choose a package that might be useful in your projects. Write a test script to try it. If the documentation on the PEAR site could be more up-to-date, run PhpDocumentor on the source and look at the freshest documentation there is.
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