I would say start treating the authors with the respect that they, as human bein...

I would say start treating the authors with the respect that they, as human beings, deserve. I too would like PHP support, but, if it's not there, I can still appreciate the hours and hours of labor that go into the support they do have. There's an expression "if you don't have anything nice/constructive to say, then don't say it," and claiming that it's a "disappointment" that they don't include your feature, and even going so far as to presume it's out of personal bias, is just rude.

Edit: Besides, if you're running php, you're probably developing a web app, in which case you should be using a database like mysql or mongodb anyway, not an embeddable db.