PHP would be my recommendation, it works well, and quickly.
To get started in PHP, install all of the necessary packages, then find the php configuration file (php.ini), turn magic quotes off, and register globals to off (This will break a lot of prebuilt PHP software that wasn't built right, but you can turn it back on in .htaccess files for specific directories).
There are a dozen or so PHP guides online, and to do many useful things with PHP you will either need MySQL or SQLite, most of the guides are based around MySQL, so you will probably want to start there.
Let me know if you need some more pointers... I tend to start out general, to get the ideas going, and then answer specifics when you get to them. (Otherwise, it's just a load of information all coming at you at once)
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