Actually fair point. In my mind I was thinking Ruby vs PHP more than RoR vs Laravel, as really those are just frameworks. I am glad you said something.

I saw a couple of other comments point out that the more experience you have the less this is an issue and I think that is also valid. I would just think if all your time has been in PHP, making the jump to Ruby might be tough, but making the jump to PHP with different frameworks is not nearly as hard. But again, it depends on the other skills and experience you bring to the table as to whether an employer would bet on you to make the leap from one core language to another.

* EDIT: Fixed spelling