Hmmmm loooks like Java.
$date = date("l, M d, Y h:i:s",time());
// Just gets the username out
if($request != "")
// Dont have to do this
Vector... mabye an array
$usv[0] = $userStandingsVector;
A lot of this stuff isnt relavent in PHP. You dont have to "grab" the variables from a form like you do in JAVA. (PHP can do that for you). So you can just call $username and $userStandingsVector rather than going out and getting them.
Hope this Helps!