I wonder if the original intent of posting was to be helpful or for mockery. My second language to learn was PHP, perl being the first, and I have since moved o

I wonder if the original intent of posting was to be helpful or for mockery. My second language to learn was PHP, perl being the first, and I have since moved on. I probably asked,( myself/google not others,) similar questions the article covers. But the fact that articles like this continue to be titled "Advanced..." is a hint to where the language and community are as a whole. I think the bigger issue is a commingling of subjects. If your intent is to learn PHP, learn programming with PHP as a language. If your intent is to learn web development, learn web development in terms of available technologies, industry standards, and best practices. A lot of the articles content is laughable not because it is common sense PHP, but common sense programming/web development. PHP != Web... or is that PHP !== Web?