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Learning HTML & CSS will get you a static website. To add any real functionality will require PHP and/or Javascript. You'll also need to access a database (Mysql). The first two aren't programming languages, so are pretty easy to pick up and learn. Just read the online guide and fiddle with them and things will start to come together.
Mysql is also very easy to learn, and really, there's not a lot that you actually have to learn to get it to do what you want. Experience mostly just helps in getting the info faster and more efficiently.
However, PHP and Javascript are real programming languages. Meaning relatively complex syntax and logical operators. If you've never programmed before, these will be major hurtles to overcome.
Of the two, I'd begin with PHP. It's a little easier to understand. However, it's a server-side language, so you'll require a host to run the programs. You can set up a local-host on your computer, but it's not super simple. (If you have a little cash, just buy a cheap shared-hosting site and work on there. That's what I did).
All that said, my recommendation is to learn Python. From all the research I did it's by far the easiest to learn and use. You can even use it for server-side programming instead of PHP. (Although I didn't try it, it looks far more complicated to get it running than PHP. -Python 3 that is-)
Even if you don't end up using Python, the lessons you learn from it will allow you to quickly pick up any programming language you choose to learn. Programming is a major challenge, Python makes it as easy as possible.
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