What do I need to make a website?

[LB]

Both links have been updated considering PHP 5.4 and 5.5, which are definitely within the last two years.

The fact that that code was ever accepted into the PHP codebase means I cannot trust PHP.

[BHX]

You and me obviously have different mindsets. I look at every language 'shortcoming' as a challenge to make me a better programmer. You appear to want to use them as a reason to avoid it. When a language fails to add it to their codebase, programmers make their own libraries they can use hand in hand with the language not avoid it hoping it gets fixed eventually. Almost every programmer I know try to re-invent the wheel to see if they can make it faster and fix language shortcomings because they view it as a fun challenge and way to grow as a programmer.

[LB]

I don't get the feeling that we read the same article.