pic basic has similar structures to PHP...
But more importantly, it's BASIC, Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code... As it was was used on spectrum's, commodore's and amega's etc back in the 80's...

The only way you can get simpler is to use a GUI with flow diagram style utility...
However, the question is, the easier you make something to use the more numptys you get trying to do stupid things and blowing themselves up...
Or worse, giving a terrorist the capability to create a GPS guided smart bomb/missile!

IMHO, if you can't figure out how to use BASIC then you should not be trying to do it...