Thoroughly revised for the latest version of PHP, this book explains basic concepts in a clear and explicit way that takes very seriously one thing for granted—that the reader knows nothing about computer programming.Addressed to anyone who has no prior programming knowledge or experience, but a desire to learn programming with PHP, it teaches the first thing that every novice programmer needs to learn, which is Algorithmic Thinking. Algorithmic Thinking involves more than just learning code. It is a problem-solving process that involves learning how to code.