[hhjinks]

> It is trying to be Java: Well, sure it is more like Java, only less verbose and easier to write. Developers can be much more productive in PHP

This sounds like kool-aid. Any productivity gain from reduced verbosity would be minimal. Typing out two extra keywords for your method signature is not going to affect your productivity in any real way in reality.

[robryan]

And it being dynamic. If just want to dump some JSON or a CSV into an array to do something with it it is probably going to be much quicker than in Java.