PHP syntax does add to the line widths, so breaking long lines in multiple lines by extracting variables can help with readability. Using return, continue and b

PHP syntax does add to the line widths, so breaking long lines in multiple lines by extracting variables can help with readability. Using return, continue and break early reduces indentation so that helps too, as well as creating smaller functions. I use Ruby for scripting because it has a big standard library (unlike javascript) and an expressive syntax. The syntax is also very readable and short. It's also easy to install gems globally and use them. Things only need to be imported once. I wouldn't say these things are qualities for big projects though. I like Typescript for big projects.