Maybe this is true, but by virtue of its popularity and ease of use, PHP has one of the largest selections of tutorials on everything, so that it’s possible to write code by just copy-pasting example snippets.
Maybe within one very narrowly defined field. However move outside of your typical web services and tutorials take a sharp nosedive.
Really the kind of stuff that is well documented in PHP is the kind of stuff that is well documented in most general purpose languages. They are also the kind of problems that aren’t particularly hard to solve anyway.
But this is a moot point because the reason documentation was discussed was because it was credited as being one of the reasons for PHPs popularity. However tutorials wouldn’t exist if a language wasn’t already popular so your comment doesn’t reinforce the point made by the GP.
Really the kind of stuff that is well documented in PHP is the kind of stuff that is well documented in most general purpose languages. They are also the kind of problems that aren’t particularly hard to solve anyway.
But this is a moot point because the reason documentation was discussed was because it was credited as being one of the reasons for PHPs popularity. However tutorials wouldn’t exist if a language wasn’t already popular so your comment doesn’t reinforce the point made by the GP.