[aganame]

Many employers use php because it allows keeping salaries down, though. So your advice would not work for those.

[ludamad]

The parent post complained about the quality not salary level of PHP programmers, though. The parent wants a quality PHP programmer, you want to keep salaries down - there is an acceptable tradeoff, somewhere.

[asdkjh345fd]

The parent poster didn't complain about anything, he pointed out the flaw in the grandparent poster's claim.