I've never thought of PHP as more than a simple tool to solve problems.
I don't like programming. It's tedious.
There are people who actually like programming. I dont understand why they like programming.
I actually hate programming, but I love solving problems.
I'm not a real programmer. I throw together things until it works then I move on. The real programmers will say Yeah it works but you're leaking memory everywhere. Perhaps we should fix that. I'll just restart Apache every 10 requests.
Ugly problems often require ugly solutions. Solving an ugly problem in a pure manner is bloody hard.