I'm starting a new project to go GPL OpenSource, I named it PHPCoin.
Great! The PHP/bitcoin world needs more open source projects.
By now just someone with good design skills, later, as I publish it to GitHUB or SourceForge, PHP developers may join too. At this stage would mess up a bit as we may use different coding ways, making it inconsistent.
With all due respect: Good intentions are nice, but released code is what makes an open source project alive.
Release the code early and often. Don't worry about ugly code, don't worry about bugs. Those things can and will be fixed down the road. Nothing will get messed up.
DO worry about your project turning into vaporware if you don't release code soon.
If you're interested in browsing some bitcoin-related PHP open source projects:
https://github.com/mikegogulski/bitcoin-php
- Bitcoin library for PHP
- a basic PHP class for interacting with bitcoind
- Hasn't been updated for a while, but still usable
https://github.com/zamgo/bitcoin-webskin
- an open source PHP web interface to bitcoind
- my own project
and a lot more out there on github and other places...