Agreed Heroku is not necessarily the ultimate PHP platform :) We plan on bundling support for other third-party platforms, in particular dotCloud and Beanstalk

Agreed Heroku is not necessarily the ultimate PHP platform :) We plan on bundling support for other third-party platforms, in particular dotCloud and Beanstalk as well as add support for our Java, NodeJS, Django, etc. stacks. We want to provide the best experience hosting locally (that's why we launched MAMP in the app store as well https://itunes.apple.com/app/mamp-stack/id571310406 https://itunes.apple.com/app/mamp-stack/id571310406) and then allow people to deploy to their favorite host.