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In Europe and the US, C++ is about as close as you can get to what you might call "small-business" progamming and still earn decent money. I was an IT consultant/project manager for several years before getting into this business and I saw there was very little demand for php and the like. If such skills are needed, they are usually for minor tasks which you expect to find someone already on the team able to handle.
So most pro programmers will choose other languages and the majority of php coders are essentially hobbyists. There are some good ones, but overall the standards are very inconsistent and that, more than their origin, is the reason so many fail to do a good job. If you offer jobs at low rates, obviously more people will come forward from eastern Europe and Russia and they have many excellent programmers. But when the really cheap work is offered, they won't be the ones coming forward.
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