Why I don't like PHP syntax
Revised and updated 2026-07-26.
I have made the decision to use PHP as part of my overall stack, along with ruby, javascript, and python. The main reason is that there has been a lot of great software written in PHP, and I want to use it. However, after leaving the PHP world for Ruby, and then coming back to it, I see many annoying little things that bother me in PHP. In this article, I rant about some of them.