> Actually I think there are circumstances where PHP is the right choice, though it's mostly a matter of market considerations, certainly not technical strength

> Actually I think there are circumstances where PHP is the right choice, though it's mostly a matter of market considerations, certainly not technical strength. I think technical strength is valued differently in this community than in the web development community at large. I've had a lot of commercial success with PHP and never found a serious problem caused by "a lack of technical strength". Surely certain languages have created a vision of technical strength that is appealing to programmers who think mostly about programming as the challenge in itself, rather than a tool for the market challenge. However to people that think mostly about solving market problems, such as entrepreneurs, PHP is known for many attributes that are high value and perhaps have little to do with what you might consider technical strength.