That's been rebutted: http://forums.devshed.com/php-development-5/php-fractal-bad-...
There are valid criticisms of PHP but the common citation of that article as the end of the debate on PHP's strengths and weaknesses is a mistake, especially in light of PHP 7.
That rebuttal's use of WordPress as an example of PHP done right is not very convincing... Also, Facebook and Wikipedia uses HHVM instead of standard PHP
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That's been rebutted: http://forums.devshed.com/php-development-5/php-fractal-bad-... There are valid criticisms of PHP but the common citation of that article as the end of the debate on PHP's strengths and weaknesses is a mistake, especially in light of PHP 7.
That rebuttal's use of WordPress as an example of PHP done right is not very convincing... Also, Facebook and Wikipedia uses HHVM instead of standard PHP
HHVM is a webserver that replaces the likes of Apache or nginx, it isn't a language.
Perhaps you're confusing HHVM with hack?