However, some tools are not interesting for any job anymore and the only reason we use them is because of inertia. I've done a lot a php in the past, and i can'

However, some tools are not interesting for any job anymore and the only reason we use them is because of inertia. I've done a lot a php in the past, and i can't think of a single task thar I, as a professional developper, would benefit from using php to perform instead of something else in my toolbox. The only reason i still do php at all is that some clients ask for it. Inertia. I can, using my imagination, picture a situation were using php is better for someone, for something. I can also aknowledge that php has been used to create very nice products at the time, including wordpress, joomla and prestashop. But there is such thing as evolution in programming. And yes, php has been outperformed by several modern dynamic languages out there. There is no shame in it. That's life.