Php can be also used to produce graphics, it can be used for a small game or just a slide show.
See tutorial and libraries here:

http://php.net/manual/en/book.image.php

I have used in the past in many of the image functions such as imagecopy to produce a nice looking site.

Most big companies will not use MySql for their software for it cant handle very large amount of requests and data. in most cases they will use MS-SQL (Microsoft) or a Oracle based data base.

In the following tutorial you will learn how to install Ms-SQL for PHP, and how to use it:
http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Installing_MSSQL_for_PHP

I recommand trying this first hand, installing a database can be tricky.

Good luck!

Check this website out!
It has many types of "cheat" sheets that can be very usufull in web development:
http://codebangers.com/?p=271

I especially like this one:
http://www.dreamincode.net/downloads/ref_sheets/php_reference_sheet.pdf
It is the more basic one for php, but it have the most used commands and can come very useful even to more advanced programmers.

J2ee is the Java language frameworks used to develop high end web application. It uses java language and offers almost unlimited development and database integration capabilities.

Here is a quick video which explain more about J2ee:

Eclipse with PHP- very hard to install and not commonly use. Eclipse is great but just not for PHP.