PHP wasn't an original goal; the first versions of haXe only supported Flash, JS, and NekoVM(A server-oriented VM Nicholas created). The community added the PHP

PHP wasn't an original goal; the first versions of haXe only supported Flash, JS, and NekoVM(A server-oriented VM Nicholas created). The community added the PHP target later since there was demand for using it on cheap web hosts in place of Neko. Today there's a stronger demand for the C++ target and cross-platform graphics APIs, to get a solution that works on the web and mobile platforms equally well.