This is how Chat GPT o1 would explain Functors, Applicatives and Monads to a PHP developer. Looks more digestible to me, supposing it is correct.

https://chatgpt.com/share/67e9b3b0-52a8-8001-87d1-d6d222a27e...

The prompt to save you a click: "I'm an experienced PHP developer, explain Monads to me using PHP exmaples." (yes I made a typo in exmaples but it worked fine anyway).