This is a preemptive plea for people who last wrote PHP in 2012 not to opine on what writing PHP is like in 2025. It is not a hammer with two claws. It’s a modern language with types and tooling and package management.
replies(11):
Which is probably because php isn’t the top choice for new web based projects anymore. I have nothing against modern php, but old php causes me lots of pain, and that’s the only php I’ve ever known!