That's probably only true because you hear about it here, which is a very self-selective group, who tend to lean towards Ruby, Python and the "popular" trends.

That's probably only true because you hear about it here, which is a very self-selective group, who tend to lean towards Ruby, Python and the "popular" trends. In the PHP community being like ruby, or rails is not necessarily a plus and can in fact may be a negative depending on what you're trying to accomplish. Frankly I'm sick of articles such as these, as if the author is pleading with this selective community that it's OK to use PHP. Somewhat sickening. They should feel confident in the tools they use without having to justify it to anybody.