I love PHP. It feels like a complete toolbox to me, whereas other languages like Python or Ruby feel like I'm buying an entire Home Depot for every project. Sometimes you need the whole store. Most times I don't.
I think the OP has some good points about reconsidering the standard answers that everyone gives to questions when asked. There are no silver bullets in web, but many things sure are treated like them.
Maybe there are projects where PHP isn't right. There are probably tons. But that doesn't mean that it's always wrong. PHP is what got me into making web things in the first place. I loved (and still love) how utilitarian it can be.
But perhaps that's where I differ from most people. I see myself as someone that makes web stuff. Most seem to see themselves as app creators or system builders. And they probably are. Sure, I do that too when the time comes, but if most of the time I'm building a front-end to a CMS, I'm hardly "engineering" anything. I'm mostly just trying to make specific art for other people.
Anyway, I don't understand why PHP would immediately be ruled out from this article. It feels like the JavaScript of the server-side world to me. Use as little or as much as you want. You can do awful things with it, but also wonderful things.
Well I certainly agree with the right tool for the right job. And PHP has some roles. My point was more about the article, which would, imo, put programmers off PHP with its contrariness and smugness.
I think the OP has some good points about reconsidering the standard answers that everyone gives to questions when asked. There are no silver bullets in web, but many things sure are treated like them.
Maybe there are projects where PHP isn't right. There are probably tons. But that doesn't mean that it's always wrong. PHP is what got me into making web things in the first place. I loved (and still love) how utilitarian it can be.
But perhaps that's where I differ from most people. I see myself as someone that makes web stuff. Most seem to see themselves as app creators or system builders. And they probably are. Sure, I do that too when the time comes, but if most of the time I'm building a front-end to a CMS, I'm hardly "engineering" anything. I'm mostly just trying to make specific art for other people.
Anyway, I don't understand why PHP would immediately be ruled out from this article. It feels like the JavaScript of the server-side world to me. Use as little or as much as you want. You can do awful things with it, but also wonderful things.