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Modern PHP is great but it still has the same inconsistent API. I did PHP for many years and had to look up the manual all the time because functions have diffe
by colept 9y ago
Modern PHP is great but it still has the same inconsistent API. I did PHP for many years and had to look up the manual all the time because functions have different conventions for arguments.
- tyingq 9y agoIt does have a very large and inconsistent "stdlib", I agree. On the other hand, you very rarely have to look for 3rd party libs. Is node.js better because you have to trawl throgh npm for highly variable quality (and equally inconsistent) add ons (that typically pull in a spiderweb of other dependencies) ?
- patricklouys 9y agoThat's what an IDE is for. I've been programming PHP for over a decade and since I switched to an IDE this became a non-issue for me.