Where to start learning languages?

[amie654]

I am a web designer (non-programmer). I can build webpages with HTML, CSS and XML. But now I want to create a website which can be accessed by registered users only and I have to learn web development languages for it. But I really don't know anything about programming. I don't even know C language so I was wondering if I'll have to start from c, c++, java, php and so on.

I am free till July and I was thinking to join some short term courses in programming & web development languages. Can somebody guide me which courses I should pick among these: JAVA, J2EE, ORACLE, ASP.net, VB.net, C #, C, C++, ASP, VB Script, PHP?

[ryanhellyer]

PHP is the most heavily used web programming language in that mix, so presumably that would be the best to learn.

Having said that, I am no programming expert. I don't have a lot of time to learn programming, so have stuck to PHP since it is the most useful for web development since most web based servers support it.