> Each PHP file is an endpoint. As opposed to having routers in code or client side SPA routing.
> Intuitive, simple, powerful. Can be as easy as editing a php file in notepad and dropping it on a ftp server. Deployed.
This isn't really php specific, with cgi you can do that in any language, even compiled ones like c.
> Amazon lambda may have more in common with PHP in terms of discreet deployable units of functionality. What's old is new again.
Agreed. I must admit I'm guilty of this myself, there is a tendency to start with a framework when there are much simpler and quicker ways to get started, something the world seems to have largely forgotten.
> Intuitive, simple, powerful. Can be as easy as editing a php file in notepad and dropping it on a ftp server. Deployed.
This isn't really php specific, with cgi you can do that in any language, even compiled ones like c.
> Amazon lambda may have more in common with PHP in terms of discreet deployable units of functionality. What's old is new again.
Agreed. I must admit I'm guilty of this myself, there is a tendency to start with a framework when there are much simpler and quicker ways to get started, something the world seems to have largely forgotten.