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Thanks everyone I have received more help then I honestly expected ( most forums dont like newbs) So if I understand correctly I should learn PHP until I have a strong but basic understanding of it then learn MySQL to the same degree. After I have made it that far I should begin shopping for the best language for a database using what I have learned. Can anyone suggest the best place to begin learning PHP for someone with absolutely no coding experience and computer experience relative to a soccer mom? I defiantly will continue seeking help in this forum since everyone has been so great but Im sure this community will appreciate me having an education resource other then posting newb question every 10 minutes 6 hours a day. Thanks again so much!

Ok so its sounding like I will need to learn a few different languages, Awesome I love learning! Can anyone suggest the process order I should use for my self education? What I mean is Should I learn Some PHP then some AJAX then some MySQL etc etc Or Should I Learn ALOT of PHP then Alot of AJAX and alot of MySQL and alittle jQuery before I begin with the first version? Or is there some other way I should go about the learning process? Thanks Again everyone has been so helpful!

Yes what I want to do is run the created search engine the same way google is run. You type in the search engines address, and search from your browser. As an added thought is it possible to use google results in my search engine but limit the results only to keywords that I specify? Example: Someone searches sugar in google they get everything about sugar. what Im looking to do is create a search engine that is more specific to a niche so that if someone searched sugar from my search engine they would get every result that had sugar only if it also had a key word of baking or recipes. Does that make sense?

Hello everyone! Thanks for reading! I have an idea which I think is a stupendous idea but Im not sure which language I need to learn. After doing some research I believe that PHP may be a good choice but I thought I should ask the experts before I spend months learning only to find out it is not exactly what I need. So I have an idea for a pretty good niche search engine that I would like to build myself. I have read suggestions from several different places that PHP might be a good language to start with in building a search engine, does anyone here think that is a smart starting place or is another language such as perl, python etc. a better route to start with? Thanks for the answers!