Is it still acceptable to use PHP?

And I don't mean acceptable by /prog/'s  bullshit standards. I mean by your average web developer.

Also, is it acceptable by /prog/'s standards?

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Tightly coupling code and data is dependant upon how you program, you can't blame PHP for that. Personally I use http://codeigniter.com/ as an MVC framework, it makes programming in PHP much more pleasant.