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> PHP solves a niche of small sites with slightly dynamic templates.

Like Facebook. And Flickr. And StumbleUpon. And...

Wait a minute, are we not past this "PHP only works a small sites" thing yet?

it turns out a tempting language can be useful for more than one thing, but for small sites, it works very well.

you are reading between the lines to find an argument that isn't there.