@Nicolai Willems

I can see where you’re coming from, but this is true for all languages. However, I don’t misuse PHP (that I know of), so I think that might be misconception #1.

Misconception #2 is that you “need” other languages than PHP (as if you need ASP.NET, Ruby, or Python). This is a TOTAL fabrication. The only time you need another language is if you don’t understand your language enough to get the job done.

Now, the #2 is part of web-based application development. I don’t need other languages (aside from Javascript. Flash, HTML) to do my job. To say that one misuses PHP, I think, is his/her own ignorance of the language. I challenge you to show me where mixing and matching will benefit. If you feel the need, I can suggest we hold that sort of dicussion on a forum (devnetwork would be a great place to do this….http://http://www.zjjv.com//. My nick is infolock there)

if you’re talking about console apps, well now, you’ve just went and opened a whole brand new discussion. In that case, I would only use PHP minimally and call server commands that could process my requests faster, and let PHP act as a display.