Ask HN: Is PHP still a mess?

PHP is that one language that people love to hate. And from what I've read of the days before I got into programming, they have good reason to. However, a lot of these popular articles I've found are in the 2008-2012 time frame. Did PHP 5.5 alleviate a lot of concerns? Or did people just get tired of writing WoT about the issue?

In addition, now that PHP 7 is out, would you still consider it to be a hot mess? Is it getting worse? Better? Or staying the same?