In this day and age the only real reasons to use php is because you're either stuck with it and changing the code base makes no sense since you already have a p

In this day and age the only real reasons to use php is because you're either stuck with it and changing the code base makes no sense since you already have a product built, because you're new and don't know any better, or because you've been doing it for such a long time that you're so used to it you don't see the languages faults anymore. One of the applications I maintain is a convoluted machine made of half java half php on top of Quercus, and if freaking drives me crazy. I think the only thing I hate more than that is working in ASP.