My resolution regarding php this year: no new php projects. I will continue to support existing projects/clients but from here forward I am done. I have studied other languages extensively and even worked on relatively interesting personal projects in them (racket/node js etc.) but now is the time to draw the line and start using them for new projects. My last argument for using php in which hosting is easier/cheaper w/ php is moot now. So I am left with the realization that I keep reaching for it like a kid who still watches pokemon instead of doing his chemistry homework.