I totally disagree.
Although I'm a Java Developer myself, and thus would say this, I believe that Java is one of the greatest languages.
You can do SOO much with it. And can run it on any JVM! (Any OS with the JRE installed).
It's pretty easy once you understand the basics, and it's fun!
PHP is a noob language (but so is; VB, ASP, etc.). Forget that, Java (or web side, JSP) all the way!
[r.D]