PHP is often a misunderstood language by people that either love or hate it. [...] This article attempts to clarify some of the most common wrong ideas that many developers have about PHP. Read the article to the end, so you may eventually start having a better perspective about PHP and take advantage of the opportunities that this language and the PHP ecosystem can provide you.

Among the misconceptions on the list, there's things like:

• PHP cannot do X (access memory, control hardware devices, or some unusual purpose)
• PHP is controlled by only one company (Zend)
• PHP is worse than Ruby On Rails, Python Django, X language Framework
• PHP is not good for high performance scalable Web sites or applications
• PHP developers are cheaper because they are not qualified