So much time wasted talking about the "right" way to build software, and the best technologies to use, taking positions to bolster your CV or make a name for yourself, and nowhere near enough emphasis on shipping useful, working software.
It drives me slightly nuts. Many people don't realise that technical debt is often a great problem to have because it means you've succeeded. They also want to live in this reality distortion field where they ignore the fact that the code they write today is tomorrow's technical debt because, for reasons I don't fully grasp, they think they're going to do it "right" this time. To quote from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace: "Uh-huh? Bye." In 5 years' time our successors will be wandering around moaning about the crappy code we wrote today, but only if we succeed.
If PHP is the fastest route you know to releasing something worthwhile then more power to you.
(Just to be clear though: I'm not advocating an end justifies means approach to all areas of life.)