You've really got a bad taste in your mouth regarding PHP. I'm sorry to hear that because it's just yet another tool. It only has to be as painful and slow as you make it when you use it. I hope you have a chance to revisit it sometime with a modern framework like Code Igniter or CakePHP. I used to have a shade of the type of biases you show now, but after we've made half a dozen MVC web apps using Code Igniter (and Django) I've had to change my tune.
I used to have a shade of the type of biases you show now, but after we've made half a dozen MVC web apps using Code Igniter (and Django) I've had to change my tune.
The possibility exists that you just don't know enough about programming to make an informed decision.
Best of luck to you.