“It is my inalienable right as a PHP/JavaScript developer to refer to variables that don't exist. I realize this is an incorrect opinion and that in the long haul, such changes might make PHP more stable, but I really just don’t care. I use PHP to get stuff done, not to have some kind of pure programming experience.”
https://www.mattwatson.org/blog/20230716-let-me-live-dangerously-php/