[hluska]

Is interfacesketch actually a beginner? If he/she is a true beginner, that would change the entire question.

[sametmax]

I don't know any senior web dev that need the advices you gave, nor ask question about PHP. Everybody with years of web xp has did something in php at least once or know what' s up with framework.

[hluska]

Two things:

1. That wasn't me who gave the advice.

2. There's a big difference between putting up a Wordpress install on PHP 5.6 and greenfielding a modern project on 7.x.