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The question for me is what can PHP do better than any other language out there?

I've worked with Laravel for a few years and while it has sooo many great features out of the box, it doesn't quite detract from how unpleasant working with PHP is, when comparing with any other common/modern language. Of course this is only my opinion and experience with it.

I don't think I would ever recommend PHP to anyone unless they live in an area where you can only find PHP job opportunities. Otherwise, any other language can do what PHP can do and will provide a better programming experience IMO.