[labster]

PHP should be significantly more embarrassing than jQuery. The jQuery interface is well designed and reliable.

The fact that it still works is important. As long as I've got clients asking for IE 8 support, jQuery's going to be in my toolbox. And probably even after.

[tjons]

Ouch. PHP dev here. We write design-pattern-influenced code with classes, abstract classes, DI, interfaces, etc. It's not all bad.

[brandon272]

You know, it's been well over a decade of seeing the anti-PHP stuff and I still have yet to see a "PHP is evil" argument that doesn't fall apart after a little scrutiny. I proudly use it and am happy to look at it's usage vs. alternative languages in any of the real-world projects I've developed.

[markplindsay]

React (plus a couple shims) works great with IE8 up until v15.

[fetbaffe]

PHP has a renaissance now, nothing embarrassing at all.

[flukus]

$Do $you $still $need $dollars $everywhere?

[fetbaffe]

Of course, we don't code for free.