Oh how I hated the fact that php.ini could change so much of the PHP behaviour... can't say I miss those days. Also, I don't know about now because I left this

Oh how I hated the fact that php.ini could change so much of the PHP behaviour... can't say I miss those days. Also, I don't know about now because I left this ecosystem long ago, but it was very common for apps to bundle their own custom installer scripts (access a webpage, fill a form and so on). Certainly useful for the users but it was never standard and required a lot of work for the developers (and came with their own requirements and bugs). But I like some of the recent additions to the language. At least the PHP Team keeps up with the competition.