Is it true that PHP is not a good first language to learn?

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Roland

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I just read from 2 sites that PHP is a good language to learn , it is simple , easy to learn but it teaches bad programming habits so it is not suitable as first language to learn. Do you agree?
If you agree with that what could be a good first language EASY to learn? Thanks
 
PHP is an awesome language. It doesn't really matter what you learn first, you can always learn the rules of another language when you learn it.

Java is a great language to learn next. It's interpreted and can be used for both web and non-web applications. It's very similar to C++ in syntax as well. Learning Java has helped me to understand PHP and all other programming languages, actually.

But like I said, it doesn't matter the order in which you learn a language. I love PHP and think it's very useful!
 
PHP is an excellent language with which to start. The same thing applies to Javascript. They follow basically the same syntax as C/C++, which is today's industry standard. Any C/C++ book will tell you to start with Javascript and/or PHP to learn the syntax of the language more easily. They don't need to be compiled and can will run straight through the browser. Javascript is a better place to start because PHP requires that you have a web server and PHP installed with that web server, as opposed to Javascript which needs no installation.
 
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