Though having said that, ...
I still can't get my head around jQuery, DOM scripting no problem, jQuery could be in Polish for all the sense it makes to me.
Couple of Elated articles that may be useful.
http://www.elated.com/articles/object-oriented-php-for-absolute-beginners/
http://www.elated.com/articles/object-oriented-php-delving-deeper-into-properties-and-methods/