> The key flaw I find with PHP is with its community and lack of any mature frameworks.
The key flaw in the PHP community are people like you. People who still think that Codeigniter is THE PHP framework (it hasn't been for at least 3 years) yet still have the nerve to look down on newbie programmers.
Why are you being so hostile? First of all the PHP framework world is deeply fragmented and its tough to guess which is getting large piece and yes codeigniter is still a popular choice [http://php.dzone.com/articles/top-5-php-frameworks].
An year or two before the trend was all 'yii' which I though could be 'one framework to rule them all' but after that comes laravel and yet more fragmentation. Yes, I shouldn't ignore that how nice they are but the problem which I see is always the community and with a new one every year, it ain't helping.
The key flaw in the PHP community are people like you. People who still think that Codeigniter is THE PHP framework (it hasn't been for at least 3 years) yet still have the nerve to look down on newbie programmers.
The ignorance in your post is embarrassing.