Out of the box php generally works so long as you have trivial php code (that doesn't take advantage of new language features, doesn't need routing, doesn't nee

Out of the box php generally works so long as you have trivial php code (that doesn't take advantage of new language features, doesn't need routing, doesn't need to write to the filesystem, and doesn't common library modules). Needless to say, that generally rules out any serious project out there. I'm not saying I chose not to invest in those 20 minutes, I'm saying there's nothing about PHP that makes it inherently easier than other things to deploy real projects. You still have to deal with version incompatibilities, you still have to deal with configuration, you still have to deal with differing resources. That applies to all stacks.