Those are great features.
However the objection people, including myself, have with PHP is that the legacy stuff is inconsistent junk.
I still use it on occasion but it pains me.
However the objection people, including myself, have with PHP is that the legacy stuff is inconsistent junk.
I still use it on occasion but it pains me.
Exactly like Javascript in this regard. I've been programming JS for over 15 years, and with the exception of cross browser support back in the day, there's nothing that had me startled after I learned the language -- except for a few issues related to floating point that I stumble upon now and then, but then that would be true for floating point math in any language.
The only PHP inconsistency is with the naming of the built-in functions. Functionality wise, most are solid bindings of respected C libraries. And, really, the needle/haystack thing has been blown out of all proportion. As if that's the biggest challenge one faces when programming.
As to parameter ordering .. I've been using PHP for so long now that they've been memory to committed ;)