Php is a good language. Get over it.

PHP is a good language but it gets repeatedly raped

@altermind not the language's fault. The language here is the victim :P

@carlos php has many issues, but not as much to be called a shitty language. There is no shitty language, there are shitty developers

I can't stand the use of the $ sign in variables. Why is it necessary? Most languages it is simply..

variableName = "foo";

The extra $ kills me...

@fyroc that was weird at first, yes. But have you seen Perl? It makes sense after you have used it and makes you glad PHP isnt as complex.

Also $ before a variable name is, in most languages, accepted syntax so could have been worse :P

@altermind exactly!

once i read a qoute that says "php is easy to learn hard to master " its simple and clear but yet a powerful tool :)

@aram this!

It's true. It is hard to master it but once you do you can do so much with it!

@carlos
yup thats true

Whatever makes you sleep better at night
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I like PHP, a bunch of problems that existed have been resolved either by php7 or PDO. I enjoy making platforms with it but I would recommend using a framework (Laravel etc.) since they make so many tasks (database structure, user authentication etc. etc.) so much easier and even more fun :)

@fyroc Oh you would have a "fine" time in Ruby :D

@altermind I don't know enough about php to pass judgement, but I have to disagree with the idea that there are no shitty languages unless you believe that every language is equally as good as every other language in terms of performance, consistency of design/syntax, expressiveness etc