Funny, while I see that many people enjoy the features that come with this maturity (and I am happy for those people of course), I long for the simplicity of the classic style PHP.
Personally, I do not enjoy the Java-style 'enterprisey' direction of PHP. I don't like types, anonymous functions, treats and all the other fancy stuff. To be honest, I think I myself would still be happy with PHP4. I use thin scripts, almost no classes, alternative PHP template syntax and I am completely frameworkless. But I guess I am just a nihilist ;-).
I do like the enterprisey direction personally, mostly because it works so well with a good IDE. I'm using PHPStorm and once you've got your project set up, code completion/suggestion and inspections are something I love.
Personally, I do not enjoy the Java-style 'enterprisey' direction of PHP. I don't like types, anonymous functions, treats and all the other fancy stuff. To be honest, I think I myself would still be happy with PHP4. I use thin scripts, almost no classes, alternative PHP template syntax and I am completely frameworkless. But I guess I am just a nihilist ;-).