Funny, the other day I was talking to someone about a project I was doing for my Intro to Software Engineering class. We had to make a web application with any tools we want, with the suggestion that we used Django or Rails. I chose Rails. Anyways, when I mentioned "Rails" this guy gave me this incredulous look and said "Rails? Use PHP."

I consider myself at an intermediate level (I guess by my own standards). I've dabbled in PHP. But honestly, I like Rails. Obviously the appeal to it is ease of use, and I'd definitely consider using it in my future projects. Though he never explained why PHP is objectively better. I just thought of it as just another tool to use, like Rails.