In this new post on Builder.com.au today, there's a mention of Marc Andreessen's comment at the Zend/PHP Conference stating that "PHP is succeeding where Java isn't".

The simplicity of scripting language PHP means it will be more popular than Java for building Web-based applications, Internet browser pioneer Marc Andreessen predicted Wednesday in a speech here at the Zend/PHP Conference.

"Java is much more programmer-friendly than C or C++, or was for a few years there until they made just as complicated. [...] And the mantle of simplicity is being passed on: "PHP is such is an easier environment to develop in than Java."

Having never really messed with Java, I can't definitively say one way or another, but I've listened to the grumblings of coworkers that have developed in it (Java), and that's as close as I want to get...