Comment by clairity

php is definitely better these days (i used to use it early in my career), but unless you're already knee-deep in php, i can't think of a web project where php/laravel would generally be a better choice than ruby/rails. alas, ruby has become passé too, in favor of javascript, a decidedly unrefined language.

javascript has too many hidden ways to shoot yourself in the foot, and just hasn't evolved for developer happiness the way php and ruby have.