Yes, I think that's fair and appropriate. PHP isn't necessarily sexy to many developers for a number of reasons (not a small part of it is the echo chamber effect), but it can be rewarding, productive, and performant. If nothing else, you'll have something else to put on your resume.
My point was just that I've fallen into the common trap of focusing on languages that are currently in the limelight; and maybe it's time to think about putting PHP back in to my toolbelt.