… 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.