I hope this is the appropriate forum for this: 1. Should I start with PHP4 or 5? I know this question seems strange but I didn't know if PHP5 was new and not fully developed or not. I notice lots of people still using PHP4. 2. I have Dreamweaver 8. I know it has built-in PHP functions. I know that using them doesn't teach me PHP but if I were to use them as examples of code, would that be a good idea? I was once told by someone the PHP functions may not be secure the way they are coded, regardless if they work or not. Thanks!