[tbelldesignco]

Larvel is a great engine to start with, but as others have said, you should really start off with learning the basics of PHP and how to preform SQL queries using PHP if you are trying to build a software with a content manager. YouTube will be a great resource for you when you being the learning process and looking at open source software will also help you learn how some of these great features are being made once you get a handle of the language. I do that very frequently and I am a firm believer in its okay to look for help and guidance from others' work, just make sure that you are actually learning and not just copying the work that they have already done.