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The fundamentals of why PHP is disliked have not changed. It is still covered in annoying problems, though there have been substantial improvements in some area
by TazeTSchnitzel 8y ago
The fundamentals of why PHP is disliked have not changed. It is still covered in annoying problems, though there have been substantial improvements in some areas. It's less painful, but it's still the infamous PHP.
- taneq 8y agoI thought PHP was disliked because its flexibility can lead to horrible code if it's used without discipline, and for a long time its default settings were completely insecure? I don't recall hearing any serious criticism claiming that it was hard to get things done with (unless you count security).
- jes5199 8y agothere are some design decisions, in the core language, that cause pervasive weirdness that’s hard to code around. It’s worse that “too permissive” - it’s like there are bad defaults that you have to constantly fight against
- NightlyDev 8y agoSome examples? I can't think of any.