And that's precisely what I did, of course - I no longer use it. But it doesn't mean I'm prohibited to share my experience with it. I never denied it's "usefu

And that's precisely what I did, of course - I no longer use it. But it doesn't mean I'm prohibited to share my experience with it. I never denied it's "useful" (is it supposed to mean much? Obviously, if apps are written in it, apparently it is of use, by definition), however I'm not alone in thinking there are better alternatives and - again, based on my personal experience - the more exposure to other languages and technology stacks a PHP developer has had, the more critical they get about PHP. The rant may be getting obsolete, but the mentality persists. To quote the creator of PHP himself: "I'm not a real programmer. I throw together things until it works then I move on. The real programmers will say "Yeah it works but you're leaking memory everywhere. Perhaps we should fix that." I’ll just restart Apache every 10 requests". And this attitude seems very common among PHP developers. It's not just about the language, it's also about the culture. And no I'm not saying other languages are surrounded with perfect cultures (like Java's "achitecture astronauts" with mammoth frameworks and overuse of design patterns).