Should I bother learning PHP for web designing?

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dezi

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I currently know HTML and CSS (I own a couple sites and code layouts when I get bored), and I plan on web designing as a career also. Should I bother learning PHP, or anything else you recommend? I heard it is higher pay, but not sure if I really should bother learning it, or if I will even be using it a lot. I only know PHP includes, since it's very basic and does really require much or anything.
 
If you just want to design the layout of a website, html and css is enough. However, if you want to add functionality, for example, allowing a user to login, select items and make purchases ect, you'll need a server scripting language and PHP is an excellent candidate. To validate items,, for example the user entered a wrong date of birth in a form, you'll need to learn client-side scripts e.g javascript. And most likely, if you are storing the data of users, you need to be well versed with databases and SQL is the norm. These are the bare minimum to become a professional web designer.
 
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