People end up with such conclusions because of developer-bubbles and 'hip/visible' organizations using 'better' technologies. They have no awareness of the ente

People end up with such conclusions because of developer-bubbles and 'hip/visible' organizations using 'better' technologies. They have no awareness of the enterprises that use PHP directly or through frameworks, WordPress and other apps. These organizations don't tend to do high-profile PRs or hire in hip places. They silently recruit developers and keep them on board for ages. Merely WP itself is a gigantic space, leave aside Laravel etc. https://www.isitwp.com/popular-big-name-brands-using-wordpress/ https://www.isitwp.com/popular-big-name-brands-using-wordpre... So basically people get such misconceptions due to the perception-distorting bubbles that they are in. And not only related to PHP - it applies to any language, stack, technology even the Internet itself...