Anybody who believes that this time PHP isn't awful can expect the same disappointment as the last few times. I'm an old man, I remember all the pain of upgrading to PHP3 and for my sins my current work includes trying to cajole somebody's PHP7.x code into running even though it appears their employer disowned the project we know if we don't make it work the "replacement" will never actually materialise.

This is a language built by people who didn't really know any better, so I don't blame them, but it's ludicrous to pretend that it's a "red flag" to have noticed that this keeps happening and learned from that experience.