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PHP 7 or 8 + Laravel is fine
PHP 8 is actually really good. Think last time I was angry at PHP was pre 7.4 PHP
I don't see why I should care. In 2001, your choices for backend webdev were basically PHP, Perl, Python, or Java. Now we have a dozen languages competing for the top spot. Elixir is becoming a personal favorite, but I don't see why I should bother with PHP if I don't already have a legacy platform in it.
Have they stopped using every naming convention there is (including some from other planets) in their function names?
Yes it has gotten much better after 8.0
Of course PHP still has some baggage but 7.x was such a breath of fresh air that it gave me hope. 8.x made me love PHP
Edit: for context to people who don't work with php on how this has been an issue (and continues to still be: Hasn't been updated in a long time but still awesome php shortcomings website from the creator of advent of code
ConventionForReal_real_v2()