Move Over Python: PHP Is the Sleeping Giant of AI Agents

I've been coding in PHP for over 20 years. I've watched it get declared dead at least a dozen times. And every time, it just keeps running of the internet. So when AI started entering project needs, I didn't reach for Python. I didn't buy a seat in some workflow builder. I simply opened my existing codebase, wrote a service, and made an API call. That's it. That was the whole unlock. The Assumption Nobody Is Questioning Python owns AI. Everybody knows this. If you're