People who tell me they hate PHP, though when I ask said person whether he's used PHP all he can answer is "maybe once".

Don't hate on a language if you have barely even used it

There will always be devs who hate on your language preference. It hurts when someone rails on you language of choice because it's what you use to make a living, and when someone tears it down like that, you feel like they are saying you made a stupid life choice by choosing your favorite language.

Also, s/language/library/g, applies as well.

Don't let any of that bother you. You do you, and as long as you're happy and productive with your favorites, then it doesn't really matter which language you use.

I only use php, for everything... Which is kinda sad, I'm no coder/developer though so I got that excuse (even though I have almost a year worth of programming courses from college). Im a network guy at heart and don't touch code if I don't need to.

Before php I used perl for everything...

I find it annoying too. If you prefer node go ahead but I'll stick with PHP since it's what I understand...