hi, I want to learn php and i know html but i want to know if i need to know anything else before i start like cgi scripts or basic knowledge in something else...because a lot of the sites I've gone to are pretty complicated.
So is there anything else i need to know?

after html, you can learn PHP. many people would go into css and javascript first though as those are commonly used in webpages.

if you learn javascript or perl, then php will be very easy to learn as all three of those have many commonalities.

between perl and php, if i had a choice on one of them, php would be my first choice. i find it much easier to work with and learn.

thanks, i already know how to use style sheets but when u say javascript do u mean like me knowing how to make my own scripts or just copying and pasting and linking back to whoever wrote the script

its a good scripting language to know, but not essential. you can still go into PHP without knowing it.

Really?

I like Perl a lot better. To me, it can do so much more and is so much more secure. But that's just me =)