[tmikaeld]

Very well formulated.

I might want to add that since PHP is so available (it really is) - it's easy to throw functionality together get it "working" and try selling it - the buyers of course getting disappointed and thus hating PHP.

And that hiring a PHP developer with "experience" doesn't really mean much, so a hiring person/firm that is not entirely specific with requirements will get really angry and disappointed with the results.

This can be avoided quite easily by not being a cheap SOB (There's no such thing as 800$/month Sr dedicated developer), choosing a developer with proper references and actually planning the project before starting to work on it.