We should replace word PHP with Laravel, coz most PHP developers know how to do something in Laravel but they can’t do that in PHP:D

Nope, because I'm not a laravel dev, I'm a php dev.

If you rely on a framework too much, you will end up being clueless about the core language.

Being clueless about the core language means that if either the framework evolves or dies, you're as dumb as a bread stick.

never used laravel tho

Well not exactly true. Laravel is a framework built on top of Symfony wich is a set of very popular components.

Even if you decide to code a project/framework from scratch you still need to install components and at the end you will end up with a piece of Symfony/Laravel.

People coding php today (from scratch) without using composer/existing packages are rare.

Just no. I've worked with another symphony based CMS (Drupal) but that does not mean that all solutions written require a CMS or database or templates or ... Some are just API connectors, command line tools etc.

I think using composer is almost a hard requirement. Even projects that have no dependency at all. The class autoloader is well written and composer.json provides the project some nice standardized info.

@IntrusionCM I took interview of 3-4 candidates, they all begin their answers by saying ‘in laravel ….’