[Arkanos]

Me and my brother are starting a local business. The purchases will be made online, and we will send the item.

We have everything worked out, except how to safely receive the customer's credit card number. All we need is for it to get from them to us, and the rest is taken care of. However, if even one credit card number is stolen, we are truly screwed.
The safest option, of course, would for them to phone in the credit card number. However, we will not always be around to answer the phone.

So, I'm asking a good programmer or something similar this:

What you advise?
How much would a script cost to SECURELY store or send us the information? I wish I could just have the info emailed to me, but that's just so **** insecure. I'd like it to be in MySQL...as I have had a lot of experience with PHP, and that's what the website will be made it.

PS: I will be using 256bit SSL. Also, whats a good web host for small business?

Double PS: Is this the wrong forum?