More like giving a baby a loaded shotgun.
… Yes, let me introduce you to the professional PHP programmer. You see, PHP is like a handgun. On its own, it is simply an inanimate tool that has no moral leaning. In the hands of a responsible citizen, it can be used to the benefit of society. But in the hands of someone who is untrained or mentally unstable, it can be used to commit horrible atrocities. …
- The Register: Microsoft arms half-wit developers with PHP handgun
This Register article talks about the fact that Microsoft is going to allow PHP on it’s Azure cloud platform.
I agree with the author, PHP is misused by 99% of the idiots out there. I’ve seen enough bad PHP code to last a life time. As I’ve said before, I can debug it, but it’s darn unlikely that I’ll be coding in it.
On this day..
For my sins, I inherited the administration of a PHP-based website when the previous admin lost interest. After a couple of years being spoiled by .NET development in Visual Web Developer, I have been keeping it at arms length ever since.
Some of the stuff I've seen would make a good set of posts for the thedailywtf.com