Absolutely, and I'm sorry if my article didn't carry this point across.
I would never use PHP for anything big/complex, my post was mostly in response to the universal sneering and mocking that PHP always gets. I think it's unjustified.
Since I only modify my web sites a few times a year, I am pretty sure that I would be much more reluctant making these modifications on a RoR app than a PHP one.
I'm using a fairly "non-noob" ISP (ssh access, crontab, etc...) and they still don't give me access to much more than PHP. I can install Java but I can't even run it as a CGI because of the HTTP request memory constraints they impose. This is pretty standard, I don't blame them for doing this, and I would go with a VPS if actually needed all this.
I would never use PHP for anything big/complex, my post was mostly in response to the universal sneering and mocking that PHP always gets. I think it's unjustified.
Since I only modify my web sites a few times a year, I am pretty sure that I would be much more reluctant making these modifications on a RoR app than a PHP one.