Shall I Learn Core PHP or Larvel?

[The Witchfinder General]

I was learning PHP a while back but stopped for some unknown reason. I remember when I was learning, a mate kept telling me to sack it off and just go for Larvel. My question is: if I went straight to Larvel, would that become a crutch? I mean, wouldn't it be better to learn the core language before frameworks or the other way around?

 

[ChrisFinchley]

While Larvel will make things easier, in the short run; it is always better to start with PHP. A solid understanding of the base language will help you to understand how things are working a lot easier.