Do i need to know PHP to make wordpress themes ?

As the title says i want to develop wordpress themes , but i am confused whether i need to read a php book or just read the information at wordpress codex .

 

It will be good if you get some knowledge of PHP and Wordpress Codex before, at the beginning you can get some themes and change something to understand how they works
At the same time you will acquire some knowlegde about PHP naturally.

 

You can try this:
http://www.artisteer.com/?p=wordpress_themes

 

Not much necessary to get started, indeed.
However, the more you know about PHP, the better and more powerful theme you can make.

 

i dont think so that you require a lot of knowledge, but yes a little bit is also helpful

 

Thanks for your replies.

I see you both are a wordpress theme coder/maker , did you knew php before you started to code wordpress themes ?

 

Well, you're coding themes, not coding the whole website. Knowledge about the PHP language would be recommended, though.


Yugo,

 

You don't need to be very good in php. A basic knowledge of php is however required to make themes. The best place to get started is wordpress codex.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page

 

I think, at least you should have basic knowledge of php so that you can do what you want to do.