OsCommerce, PHP, SQL - I'm going to cry

Hi there.

I never post in here, because honestly, I don’t belong in here…BUT…

I have a client who wants a simple, but full-featured ecommerce shop - I’ve done this once before, using Miva, which works like a charm, but isn’t the most flexible thing in the world, and even with OpenUI, can’t be customized as much as I’d like…

So I downloaded OSCommerce and started playing around with it…and now I’m ready to cry! I’ve been at it a week and managed to corrupt my poor little php files twice and had to start all over…twice! The thing is HUGE. Maybe it’s me, but I’m totally flustered.

I’m about to give up and tell the client that there’s NO CHANCE I can do this for them…

My question I guess is 2 fold:

  1. Is it crazy to try to use OsCommerce without any php experience?
  2. Is there another way that somebody could recommend that isn’t the dreaded Miva?

What should I do? Give up? Keep at it?

I’m seriously ready to throw in the towel. I’m really not a PHP person, and I’m not sure I ever will be.

Oh and Paypal is NOT an option…

Thanks for any help.