You almost convinced me to try it again but then i remember about:

* php.ini * php extensions * hardish deploy needing a specially configured web server * huge number of terribly named builtins * functions returning int|bool|null|whoknows * $, -> * cant trivially dockerize * laravel wants me to install even more crap other than Apache phpfpm php composer artisan sail larathis larathat so he can buy the second lambo by copying rails and django * xdebug

And i just go on my merry way. Php devs forgot the mountain of quirk and bullshit they internalized. That’s the same reason I’m starting to hate python