returning to php after 4 years; looking for Current Best Thing
<p>I'm getting back into web dev after a four/five year hiatus. I was wondering what you folks think the Current Big Thing™ is in PHP dev; i.e., if I'm going to try to put myself back in the game after a break, what should I brush up on? I heard that the model/view/controller method of development is getting popular in php, using Zend Framework or something else; do people actually use that for development? Is templating (à la Smarty or something similar) still popular? Is php even still The Popular Language, or has ruby on rails taken over?</p>

<p>In other words, (in your opinions,) what have I missed? Thanks!</p>
