There are a lot of reasons why people coming back to php. The main is its a language for 'getting things done' in the real sense. A lot of languages claim that in their own way. But in my experience nothing comes close to Php and Perl in the raw power, freedom and ultra fast pace of development they offer.
The other neighboring competitors of Php, namely Python and Ruby are in the web development market with the help of frameworks. I have yet to see a serious programming shop that would bet its billion dollar business on frameworks built by others. Small libraries I can understand. But building the spirit of your business and betting its survival on a Frameworks is just out of the question.
Php is the DSL for the web. And it does its job far too well. It can be learned quickly and you can build things quickly with it. Its installed everywhere, you can get cheap hosting. Tons of document and help available.
The other neighboring competitors of Php, namely Python and Ruby are in the web development market with the help of frameworks. I have yet to see a serious programming shop that would bet its billion dollar business on frameworks built by others. Small libraries I can understand. But building the spirit of your business and betting its survival on a Frameworks is just out of the question.
Php is the DSL for the web. And it does its job far too well. It can be learned quickly and you can build things quickly with it. Its installed everywhere, you can get cheap hosting. Tons of document and help available.