Practice for a layout designer, as well as PHP for Wordpress?

Question

PHP

Good day to all.
I would like to clarify some questions for a novice lover from the guru:
1) Are there any kind of services where you can practice, for example, layout. Namely: a live project is given and I or a separate team implements it. The money issue is completely irrelevant. I mean for practice.
2) I would very much like in the future, so to speak, to "pull" the made-up site on Wordpress. The question is whether knowledge of PHP is required and at what level, if so.
I will be grateful in advance for your answers.
Have a nice day.

Answer 1

1. Look for studios that recruit juniors. You will even be paid for this.
2. Required. At the level of understanding the work of OOP. Arrays, functions, variables, loops. Understanding how PHP<->MySQL works. Basic-middle level, in general.

Answer 2

php you need to know in any case, at least minimally.
but to pull the template laid out in html on verdpress, see here:
Here it shows how to wrap it in the VP

Answer 3

on layout - download professional psd from the internet - a lot of them are free and typeset
using wordpress - see what and how
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzi5JvpYf_h...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist ?list=PLyf8LgkO_8q...

Answer 4

CSS Zen Garden is a great resource to understand and experience the power of CSS.