What are some essential PHP fundamentals that should be mastered before attempting complex tasks like manipulating variables in Woocommerce?

Before attempting complex tasks like manipulating variables in Woocommerce, it is essential to master some PHP fundamentals such as variable declaration, data types, conditional statements, loops, functions, and arrays. Understanding these basics will help you effectively manipulate variables and data within Woocommerce.

// Example of declaring a variable and using conditional statements
$price = 50;

if ($price > 0) {
    echo "The price is $price";
} else {
    echo "Invalid price";
}