I am completely lost and need an advice (beginner)

Hello world! I'm trying to learn PHP ( first programming language that I learn) and I feel kinda lost. I've read PHP programming 3rd edition( O'reilly), 'getting good with PHP' by Andrew Burgees and some tutorials on the internet but can't code something more complex than 'hello world'. I do understand functions/values/operators/control structures, etc but as I said, I feel that I can't use the language. Am I reading the wrong books for a beginner? Any advices? *Apologies if this email might seem confusing. :) Richard