If all you have is a room full of PHP developers and all you need is a REST site, then well you could do worse but I would like to discourage you from the practice.
Similarly, unless you have a highly specialized need - fun asynch chat server or complex app where business logic is being directly shared between client and server - I too would discourage locking one's self into that platform.
Javascript is not the worst thing ever, but why bother if you don't have to?
1) Laravel is a fantastic choice for building web servers if your team is primarily PHP. 2) There is no such thing as locking yourself into the JS platform, because JS has the advantage of being our lingua francua, is a general purpose programming language (servers, clients, and more!) AND is the language with the most momentum TODAY. Not last year, not 20 years ago.
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"Right tool for the right job".
If all you have is a room full of PHP developers and all you need is a REST site, then well you could do worse but I would like to discourage you from the practice.
Similarly, unless you have a highly specialized need - fun asynch chat server or complex app where business logic is being directly shared between client and server - I too would discourage locking one's self into that platform.
Javascript is not the worst thing ever, but why bother if you don't have to?
1) Laravel is a fantastic choice for building web servers if your team is primarily PHP. 2) There is no such thing as locking yourself into the JS platform, because JS has the advantage of being our lingua francua, is a general purpose programming language (servers, clients, and more!) AND is the language with the most momentum TODAY. Not last year, not 20 years ago.