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Re:My PHP Problems by s1k3s on Monday February 19, 2024 @06:58PM (#39436343)
> This is a subjective post about things that annoy me, some of the points are invalid and for sure people with far more context and brain power than I have have considered them. It is also to be expected that I take for granted things that would annoy other people.

Great disclaimer, since most of the points raised in this article seem very nitpicky to me. This is understandable considering that OP's PHP work is about creating a language server and some benchmarking tool, both of which are definitely not the main use-case for this language. I bet your average PHP dev has no idea about the things mentioned in this article, nor are they interested in improving them.

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Re:My PHP Problems by alfredbez on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @04:26AM (#39439360)
I work on the same team as the author. I appreciate PHP in general, particularly because it contributes significantly to covering expenses (earning a six-figure income in Europe). While there is undoubtedly room for improvement in the language, this post highlights some valid points that we encounter in our day-to-day work on the 'large E-Commerce project' briefly mentioned at the beginning.

I hope that discussions like these raise awareness within the PHP community and eventually lead to solutions. Considering the impressive initiatives the PHP foundation has recently undertaken, I am confident that the language is evolving in the right direction.

Certainly, there are still individuals in the PHP world who may not grasp the essence of this post. In some tech interviews, I've encountered people stating that they 'don't know PHP, only Laravel.' I don't oppose Laravel (or WordPress or any other framework); I just want to emphasize that some individuals may not appreciate the underlying technology. Reflecting on my early days of programming, there was a tendency to exclusively focus on learning jQuery, neglecting the importance of understanding JavaScript.

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