If you don't like PHP, don't use it. If you're fine with PHP, but don't like parts of it, don't use the parts of it that you don't like.
I like the ease of deployment, but I hate the standard library and the language itself. Help?
That's a stupid argument. Is nobody allowed to criticize? To simply proclaim 'if you don't like it don't use it' and not provide any counter points at all really doesn't help.
> It’s not ok that echo 0.000001; produces 1.0E-6 and that casting it to string doesn’t help but putting quotes around it does.
Huhwhat? That's exactly the behaviour I would expect from a sane language.
This was a highly disappointing article, not enough vented spleen. I'd expect more venom and ear burning quotes from Rasmus Lerdorf.