Why I hate PHP syntax

gistfile1.txt

# user_id is an integer, follow is a hash wich values are all integers
# PHP
$userIds = array_unique(array_merge(array_values($follows), array($userId)));
# ruby
userIds = follows.keys.push(user_id).uniq
# python
userIds = set(follows.keys().append(user_id))

test.py

import self