Why Can’t I learn PHP?
5 Reasons it’s so damned hard.
PHP is known for being the easiest programming language in the world to learn. All it takes is a tutorial or two and you’ll be coding your way into a pile of cash in less than a week. 💥 💰 💰
…and many a man and woman has walked down that pyrite path and stepped off a cliff and shattered their bodies on the hard rocks of reality. ☠️
Don’t believe the lies (liar #1, liar #2, liar #3, liar #4), it’s hard as hell to learn this language. Trust me, I know. I was a web developer for many years and getting started with PHP nearly broke me.
But it’s worth it. Despite whatever anybody says about it being a dying language, it’s still powering more than 75% of the world’s websites, like Facebook, Yahoo, Wikipedia, WordPress, Drupal, and so on. And it will continue to power these sites well into the future.
So learning it isn’t a waste of time. But don’t kid yourself, it is an uphill battle.
Here are five of the most challenging stumbling blocks to learn PHP and how to overcome them.
1. F*cking Spaghetti Mess Code— Three Technologies In One
Valid PHP code can contain HTML, JavaScript, and PHP.
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