4 ms·"PHP was never meant to be used to write complex web-based applications." oh, whoops.by distantsounds 6y ago"PHP was never meant to be used to write complex web-based applications." oh, whoops.ausjke 6y agoJavascript was never meant to be used to write complext web-based applications, be it frontend or backend.mthoms 6y agoNote that the article is from 2002. PHP started off as a templating language.