I do lots of greenfield PHP these days, and honestly I don't see why people would not consider it. It's an extremely pragmatic language and ecosystem to ship th

I do lots of greenfield PHP these days, and honestly I don't see why people would not consider it. It's an extremely pragmatic language and ecosystem to ship things with. By the time I set up a Java project, I'd already have a WIP made with PHP. Modern PHP is strictly typed as well, and actually quite similar to Java, except much faster to actually make things with.