I did indeed see your feedback, but it was the opening comment that framed the feedback, that bothered me most. As for your feedback itself - your own suggesti

I did indeed see your feedback, but it was the opening comment that framed the feedback, that bothered me most. As for your feedback itself - your own suggestions don't appear to improve readability in any meaningful way, mainly because the underlying example is simply so unreadable already. I'm perfectly happy to debate potential layers above PHP to help with speedy development, but I'm also perfectly happy to argue against those that I don't believe have any promise.