Every time someone bases their opinion of PHP on a DSL from an open source project or from inherent language 'design flaws' that affect a few edge cases, you improve the PHP gene pool by exactly one.
Last week i had to create an Android App generator that takes a json manifest and generate Java Models,ContentProviders,activities,resources,unit tests for each Sqlite table in my app = 4/5 hours of work in PHP. days of work saved each time i need to bootstrap an app.
This week I needed a command line script that optimizes image files for different form factors = 30 minutes of work in PHP
I needed the first script to be available to my peers so they can generate basic android crud apps through a web app = 1 hours of work/deployement on an apache server and no need to ask the sys admin for another server.
My point is you can hate PHP all you want it is a great tool that has its place in enterprise envirronement.
If that is your point, than you really failed to support it. Obviously you can do stuff in PHP. You could have done all that stuff in any scripting language. The closest thing to a benefit you listed was "we already had PHP installed on a server". If that is your best sales pitch, you should stop trying to sell it and let others take on that role.
>My point is you can hate PHP all you want it is a great tool that has its place in enterprise envirronement.
Go back and read your post. Now if you want to deflect the criticism that you did not support your point by pretending you had a different point, you are again failing in the same way. Every scripting language has equal or better "speed of development deployement" compared to PHP. Saying "PHP might be a giant pile of crap, but at least you can write stuff in it" only works if you can't write stuff in other languages. But obviously you can. If you want to claim PHP has a role, then state that role clearly, and support the claim with evidence. You need to show that PHP is in some way better than the alternatives.
Except PHP, PHP can fuck off.