title: Should someone with no PHP experience use a framework like CakePHP or Symfony?
body: <p>I have a simple site to develop and would like to learn PHP as I go.  I want the site to be secure, scalable, and easy to maintain.  Should I learn a framework and PHP simultaneously?  If I build off of a framework there will be lots of unfamiliar code in play.  Would you say this increases security risks?</p>