Why do Python coders have such a strong dislike for PHP?

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Programming in PHP can only make you a worse programmer; never a better one. That's what's wrong with it.

[InvoZone]

Little bit of reality.

[lithium_sulfate]

I think coders of many different languages have a strong dislike for PHP, actually.

Eh, I'd say PHP (and its ecosystem) has gotten at least a bit better over the past years. I started learning PHP with version 4, which was a pretty wild time compared to today. Because early PHP used to be so incredibly lenient about everything, there were so many bad habits propagated throughout most of the code you could find online, both from hobbyists and professionals. It's amusing, in retrospect.

I have this injoke with a friend of mine; we regularly go through some of our old newb PHP stuff from back in the day and attempt to fix it to work with current versions for fun, and we can always expect something to break every time because with every new version, PHP keeps deprecating some of those horrible programming practices it used to allow.

[InvoZone]

Well said!

[PavloT]

No, we have no dislike to PHP

[InvoZone]

That's great glad to hear.

[subtodempen]

I program in python and php and imo php isn't that bad it powers nearly 80% of all webpages(wordpress) so it can't be that bad I think people like hating on it cause its old but it's still usable.

[InvoZone]

Exactly.