Sorry about this grumbling old man comment. I was bored and tired and I was meaning to delete it, but it has replies and stuff now so it seems a bit too sneaky. Something about HN brings out the angry jerk in me sometimes. My bad, though.
No need to apologize at all. Combined with your inner grumbling old man there are still not enough hackers bashing the stupid faulty practices PHP encourages.
Edit: "encourage" as in (a) not discouraging and (b) making them easier to use for novices (without understanding the consequences).
