Maybe as a counterpoint to your Laravel statement. I started using Laravel on some work projects at 5.3 and have upgraded them up to this weeks release of 5.6 w

Maybe as a counterpoint to your Laravel statement. I started using Laravel on some work projects at 5.3 and have upgraded them up to this weeks release of 5.6 without major issues or time spent doing so. I don't know much about the versions before that though. Other than it's not your grandfather's PHP along the bad habits from the early 2000's. I personally think my Laravel code has been pretty clean and concise.