PHP is a tool. Just like all other programming languages. If PHP can be used to solve your real-world problems then okay - Go for it. It's free, easy to use, th

PHP is a tool. Just like all other programming languages. If PHP can be used to solve your real-world problems then okay - Go for it. It's free, easy to use, the documentation is the best there is And lots of frameworks to choose from. If not, then use something else. But for me, after a few years of coding PHP, I haven't had anything that PHP can't do for me (in terms of web development). Especially these days that Code Igniter, Zend Framework and the likes are going more mainstream... EDIT: just wanted to add that I have been wanting to use Tools like Ruby on Rails, but when I think of it -- it is so much easier to do this and that in PHP. i have read books on RoR, etc. but haven't find the time to implement on a real-world project yet. maybe it's just me or that i'm too lazy :D