I have been paid to write PHP for several years of my career. More than any other language, I think, neck and neck with JS. I have also written heavy amounts o

I have been paid to write PHP for several years of my career. More than any other language, I think, neck and neck with JS. I have also written heavy amounts of Python and Java at various points in my career. A few other languages too. PHP has many, many bad spots. It's easily the ugliest, clumsiest language I have been paid to use. It's slightly dated, but this is still the best summary I know of: https://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/ https://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/