PHP is easy to learn.... I learned it in a few days... (well the basics)
http://www.tizag.com/phpT/
^ Go through it from begining to end. And you shall learn.
As a programmer I suggest you learn the basics of the language you want to master. If you jump straight into internet programming, seriously, I've seen so many people do it and ask me the stupidest questions cause they never learned the basics. I guess thats the best advice. LEARN THE BASICS lol. Anyway...
If I were you I would stick to errr.. similar syntax's. Example.
PHP, C++, and a few others have similar syntax's unlike VB6 which is totally different. Its said vb teaches you bad programming habits but I found that to be untrue.
My suggestion:
If you want an easy programming language, and you only want to make gaming site bots... got with vb6, its the easiest and there are so many guides if you fail you must be a moron.