You are probably better off asking these "nuts and bolts" questions over at stackoverflow than trying to get a mentor.

If you don't know enough php/programming/whatever to know how to ask the right questions at that site then I would start by learning the basics of php via a book or something similar until you have enough "programming literacy" to be able to. It should not take too much to get up to speed on the simpler tasks and php has a ton of tutorial and documentation to learn from. Cheers and good luck.