The short answer is somewhat yes. Oh, but wait, is it really worth learning? Let’s see…

Note:_ The things written here are all opinioned. It gives you a broad view of the topic, It’s just a discussion, and worth reading to know all the options left. Hmm, maybe it’s good to have your own research once, before deciding._😀

A little intro to PHP

Ahh, this part of this blog is just to help you to get some overview of PHP so that you won’t be missed out on further discussions.

• PHP is a popular open-source scripting language.
• Created in 1994 by Rasmus Lerdorf, and around the 2000s it became very famous because of its simplicity.
• It gets executed on the server.
• It’s used to build a simple and also very complex website.
• Guess what? Facebook uses PHP as it’s one of the back-end languages.

How long will it take to learn

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Hmm, there’s a lot of things to learn. Just learning PHP alone won’t help you, you need to learn one or some of its frameworks, you need to learn one or some databases — MySql is the best guy with PHP. So, let’s assume that you’re starting to learn PHP alone, in that case, it again totally depends on YOU. Your grasping power, fundamentals on programming constructs, the number of hours a day you put into learning, and also your dedication and hard work matter.

One can easily say that you can easily learn PHP within a month, yes easily! 😄

But wait, there’s a catch! just learning through blogs, text-based courses, video courses, or whatever, won’t help you again. It fetches you just knowledge. You need to practice a lot, build some hobby projects, have discussions on any forums, etc. To sum it up, it takes a lot of time to be, hmm let’s say, intermediate in PHP.

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