Part of the problem might be experience. A number of people seem to have come to C++ from C, and the transition can be overwhelming.
PHP is on of the few languages I've met I truly dislike, but I have had only very limited contact with it, and that was about 11 years ago, so I cannot comment on the current state of affairs. (I do remember it did have good documentation, though.)
I have had to take on other people's code a few times, but I was very lucky in so far as the applications I inherited were written and organized in a very sanity-preserving way.
PHP is on of the few languages I've met I truly dislike, but I have had only very limited contact with it, and that was about 11 years ago, so I cannot comment on the current state of affairs. (I do remember it did have good documentation, though.)
I have had to take on other people's code a few times, but I was very lucky in so far as the applications I inherited were written and organized in a very sanity-preserving way.