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		Produce on July 4, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PHP is much better than what you think 1) Use a framework like Symfony2. 2) Yes, I agree, PHP encourages you to write esoteric code. Oh wait, what the fuck am I smoking? Better yet, what are you smoking? You can do this in every language I know. 3) Use unit and functional testing. You do use automated testing, don't you?

j_baker on July 4, 2012 [–]

I think you missed the nuance in #2. Yes, you can write esoteric code in any language, but few languages actively encourage it like PHP.

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