[jsmith0295]

This isn't really the case. There are modern web frameworks for PHP -- https://laravel.com/ is the best example

[tim333]

Also PHP still powers much of the web and has taken a step forward with PHP 7 which seems to run a good bit faster than Ruby and the like.

[discordance]

Mostly because of one application (Wordpress).

[spdionis]

It runs a bit faster because of wordpress? :)

Assuming you were answering to your GP, modern PHP is a totally fine language to program in with a lot of upsides (that would take too muh to enumerate here).