Programming language for a newbie

[Ana]

I want to learn some programming and actually I don't know what to start with.
It would be nice if someone could recommend me the easiest programming language to start with, since I am a beginner and what to make step-by-step progress.:)

[aprily]

I think you could start with Basic.

[casablanca]

You can try one of the versions of C

[Chris]

HTML/CSS is aslo ok

[ChrisMul]

Me for Java

[Donna]

Why not php?