Please. Stop using sense and UP TO DATE arguments. Everyone who talks negatively about PHP always talks about PHP4... These people are basing their opinions about a language they barely even used a decade ago.. This is annoying.
...if you're lucky to be working in a PHP dev shop that utilises current and proper tech. Most PHP shops that I've had experience with, either directly or through other PHP coders, are mostly stuck with mysql_query esque setups all over the place. If they're lucky, someone wrote an OO wrapper for it.
That being said, it's a small sample size of maybe just over 100 over the last few years. Weigh accordingly.