"I'm starting a new open source web project with the goal of making the code as freely and easily runnable to the world as possible. Despite the serious problems with PHP, I was forced to consider it. If you want to produce free-as-in-whatever code that runs on virtually every server in the world with zero friction or configuration hassles, PHP is damn near your only option. If that doesn't scare you, then check your pulse, because you might be dead."
Une des nombreuses raisons de la suprématie de PHP dans le domaine... PHP est souvent l'unique option à répondre à tous vos critères, si vous vous dites que la "mauvaise qualité du langage" peut être compensé par de la discipline.
Ce qui est le cas de PHP.