I completely lost interest in programming because of PHP. When I discovered other languages where I didn't need to search the documentation every time I tried t

I completely lost interest in programming because of PHP. When I discovered other languages where I didn't need to search the documentation every time I tried to remember a function name, or debug crazy text encoding/silent failure bugs, programming because fun again. I have written good amounts of PHP code since then, and maintained even more of it. I've also used MVC frameworks like Symfony2, where few of the usual arguments against PHP apply, but it still feels like a low quality language with the tens to hunddeds of pitfalls one has to watch out for. And don't get me started on the Wordpress development that seems to be the main technology for webdev jobs today. The argument that PHP is easy to get started with for beginners is a lie. Sure, you can install LAMP and start writing echo statements and it just works, but what then? The behavior of your code is sometimes weird, functions have cryptic names, and there's really nothing to point you in the right directions. There's no enforced or even encouraged conventions, and there's heaps of "Common Knowledge" one must acquire to write safe code.