The signal:noise ratio is better in Javascript, Perl, and Java? I can't possibly agree with you there. There's a lot of bad PHP out there. But that's also because there's a lot of PHP out there. I wouldn't say the ratio is any worse. Any respectable PHP developer nowadays uses a decent framework, and there are many. It's pretty easy to discern who's legit and who's not by whether or not they use/understand these frameworks.
edit Why the downvotes? Am I not contributing? Or is this just typical irrational PHP hate? I'm not apologizing for it, I'm just talking from experience here.
edit Why the downvotes? Am I not contributing? Or is this just typical irrational PHP hate? I'm not apologizing for it, I'm just talking from experience here.