Dynamically Typed has a new posting discussing some of the PHP Gotchas that developers can experience in each and every script they write.

PHP is a remarkably easy language to get started with but from there, if my own experience is anything to go by, developers seem to experience a "rollercoaster ride" in terms of productivity. Some people refer to PHP as the "Visual Basic of Open Source", which is both a complaint and a complement. A quote attributed to Bjarne Stroustrup (designer of C++); "There are only two kinds of programming languages: those people always ***** about and those nobody uses."

The topics mentioned include: Controlling Runtime Configuration, working with Apache Directives, altering Script Configurations, working with Development Settings before production, and some of the SAPI Issues that might come up...