Sure, but I'd expect a paid web developer to be aware of the statelessness of http to begin with, and also to rely on testing to get any form of guarantee of an

Sure, but I'd expect a paid web developer to be aware of the statelessness of http to begin with, and also to rely on testing to get any form of guarantee of any kind. What I find ironic is that creating the illusion of state in php is an absolute pain without a framework, which again applies to most language/server combos I've tried.