Does PHP drives you crazy?
raganwald: What do I think? Honestly?? Meta-answer: The choice to conduct a poll to ask what HN members think of PHP is not the best wayto move forward.Is this actionable? Why are you asking whether PHP drives us crazy, as opposed to a question like "Which language/framework should I use for building a Webapp in my spare time?" What do you plan to do with our answer?If you are just shooting the breeze here, write a blog post! If you are going to make a concrete decision, tell us what it is so that we can give you realistic advice.Second, polls are ridiculously biased, especially with the question you asked. Your question presumes we use PHP, it drives us crazy, and we keep using it! Do you think anyone who doesn't use PHP will say "No PHP doesn't drive me crazy because I build webapps in Erlang?"Are you looking for PHP delelopers to tell you that they aren't crazy and to suggest why? The question is remarkably unclear.My personal advice is to decide what decision you're trying to make and then do some research. Are you thinking of switching away from PHP? Looking for libraries/tips to make it saner? Or what? When you figure out what you want to do it should be simple to use the Internet to get answers.