Not to language flame, but I think that php has a longer learning curve in this respect. Because of the huge number of functions available, there's a lot to mem

Not to language flame, but I think that php has a longer learning curve in this respect. Because of the huge number of functions available, there's a lot to memorise. Learning an API is the hardest part of any new technology because of all the rote work. Contrast this with something like python/django or ruby/rails - sure there's a lot to learn in the frameworks, but the language themselves are fairly small. This means glue code is really quick to write, and you only really have to look at the framework documentation.