A short introduction to some of the good parts and bad parts of PHP.

1. <?php
?>
echo `An introduction to PHP`;

2. <?php
?>
echo `An introduction to PHP`;
echo `7 reasons why it’s yucky`;

3. <?php
?>
echo `First, the good parts`;
var_dump([
`Web’s most popular server lang`,
`Incredibly easy to deploy`,
`WordPress, uber popular framework`,
`Templating is built-in`
]);

4. <?php
?>
echo `Problem #1`;
echo `Templating is built-in`;
foreach($arr as $el) {
echo `<p>`;
echo doSomeMysteriousThing($el);
echo `</p>`;
}

5. <?php
?>
echo `Problem #2`;
echo `It can be very inconsistent`;
echo 'hello nworld';
// hello nworld
echo "hello nworld";
// hello
// world

6. <?php
?>
echo `Problem #3`;
echo `Everything is a function!!!`;
array_push($arr, `abc`); // 5.3
array_key_exists($arr, `abc`); // bool
$r = array_merge($arr, [`abc`]);
$r = array_map(`func`, $arr);
$r = count($arr);

7. <?php
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echo `Problem #4`;
echo `Equality is unequal`;
`6` == ` 6` // true
`133` == `0133` && 133 != 0133; // true
`foo` == 0 && `foo` == true; // true
NULL < -1 && NULL == 0; // true

8. <?php
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echo `Problem #5`;
echo `Scope is weird...`;
if (1 === 1) { $v = `if`; }
function a() { $v = `a`; }
function b() { global $v; $v = `b`; }
a(); echo $v; // `if`
b(); echo $v; // `b`

9. <?php
?>
echo `Problem #6`;
echo `Debugging is terrible!`;
echo $arr; // `Array`
print_r($arr); // Array ( [0] => 1 [1]
var_dump($arr); // array(4) { [0]=> int(
var_dump(debug_backtrace());

10. <?php
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echo `Problem #7`;
echo `Documentation is terrible`;
echo ($documentation == $forum);
// 1

11. <?php
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echo `In the end...`;

12. <?php
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echo `In the end...`;
echo `...it doesn’t matter that much`;
$u = `http://blog.codinghorror.com/`;
$u .= `php-sucks-but-it-doesnt-matter`;
echo $u;