PHP is a very strong language (Esp php 7.0) .. it's grown up a lot since the crap from 4 and early 5 branches. There's totally nothing wrong with using PHP as

PHP is a very strong language (Esp php 7.0) .. it's grown up a lot since the crap from 4 and early 5 branches. There's totally nothing wrong with using PHP as it's found on most servers, and available just about everywhere. Junior's should be trained though on best practices, how to write testable/maintainable/self-documenting code, the different Design Patterns and using things like repositories properly and why/why not to use them depending on size and scope of project...etc..