Tried PHP again (using it since the 3.x days off and on) a few years ago and didn't dislike it. It would be great if types were even better enforced. But then again I could have been working with Microsoft MVC instead and have an even better experience, especially in terms of autocomplete in an IDE (because C# has stronger types and they are more logical to find by trial and error, like typing a . after a string value), something which I highly value.
But I still think PHP is really cool when you just want to hack something together and indeed like many people said before run it anywhere without headache. You can output formatted text really easily. Other languages are way more formal about output. I hacked together a song recommendation and voting system for my marriage website in a few hours and people loved it.
But I still think PHP is really cool when you just want to hack something together and indeed like many people said before run it anywhere without headache. You can output formatted text really easily. Other languages are way more formal about output. I hacked together a song recommendation and voting system for my marriage website in a few hours and people loved it.