As a sort of "retraction" over on Builder.com this morning, they admit PHP was considered a small “holdout,” or a language relegated to hobbyists and not a worthy candidate for enterprise Web development. I took great offense at this, as did other Builder.com members, judging by some of the posted comments. In this new article he states his reasons why.

PHP should be considered a top Web dev contender shows many reasons why PHP is just as good as the other mainstream languages out there for "enterprise level web development". Several things, like: localization, easy command line access, and of course, ease of use come up, justifying his point. Other features, like the plethora of extensions PHP has only adds to the benefits.

He also finishes it off with a nice comment: I’m sure that ASP and JSP have their respective strengths, but I believe people use them, not because they offer more firepower than PHP, but because people know them already and want to code in their comfort zone. To dismiss PHP out of hand shows ignorance of the subject.