title: Easier to Follow PHP open source projects to Learn from
body: <p>i've read a book on PHP coding and I've also created my own project from scratch (it was a personal blog) but I would like to gain more practical experience on topics such as security, architecture, and design.  I believe analyzing the code of professionals will help me gain such knowledge.</p>
  
  <p>I have looked at wordpress as well as PhpBB but i feel there is too much going on at once for me to comprehend; and a lot of it isnt sinking in.</p>
  
  <p>Which open source projects did you guys learn PHP from?</p>
  
  <p>are there any smaller scale php projects that perhaps might be easier to follow?</p>
  
  <p>any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>thanks!</p>