c.gray

Hi, I'm about to start a site for a client. I have edited other sites that were built in PHP, but I have never built a site from scratch in PHP. I'm considering using PHP for this new site because I want to integrate a wordpress blog into the site. However, I'm trying to determine if this is too advanced for someone with nominal experience with PHP. I am also pretty new to design in general, but have a solid handle over HTML and CSS. Would it be acceptable and/or appropriate for me to use .php file extensions on my pages but use mostly html coding so that I can later seamlessly integrate the blog? Will this work? I've found detailed instructions online that explain how to integrate a Wordpress blog into a site, but they all stipulate that the site should be built with PHP. My other option is to simply use html and css and then have the blog be an external link, but this is not ideal. I would appreciate any advice. Thanks!