That was one point in favor of PHP, and it was a small one. I'm competent enough to set up any environment if the project required it. However, some hosting com

That was one point in favor of PHP, and it was a small one. I'm competent enough to set up any environment if the project required it. However, some hosting companies won't even let you do that. A client might have purchased a small package that won't even let you ssh in to do anything. That's a real life scenario that you have to consider. PHP works there.