Is any Language better than PHP for Web Development?
<p>PHP has Thousands of Functions related to Web Development baked right in from Simple Ones like <code>filter_var()</code> , <code>htmlentities()</code> to <code>json_encode()</code> <code>similar_text()</code> and <code>levenshtein()</code> distance for Percentage matching. There are so many <code>array()</code> and <code>string()</code> functions that it is really mind-blowing !</p>

<p>Now comes complete OOP support in PHP5 and Native Unicode in  PHP6. </p>

<p>Because try writing for example a Cookie in Java or a Servlet and you know what I am talking about. For String and Array handling most probably I am inventing some for-loop Algorithm in Java when in PHP I always find some ready-made function. Recent examples for me have been <code>array_count_values()</code> [Nothing similar in Java for finding aggregate of a Cart] and <code>array_chunk()</code> [ Try wrestling with Java Tokenizers here] . <code>similar_text()</code> Function in PHP is itself a beauty when you need to find How much 2 Strings matcheach other percentage-wise.</p>

<p>Does any other Web Development Language has such Vastness and Sheer Expanse as PHP ? </p>
