I would recommend not using PHP. http://eev.ee/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-...

Here are some suggestions for web-app languages:

Python + flask.

Ruby + rails.

Go standard HTTP library.

Haskell + snap.

I've used all of those and thought they were at least decent. The last two are my favorite for web development.

jagermo on March 29, 2015 [–]

Python and Ruby look really nice. I read a lot of good things about Go. Choices, man....