PHP laravel is better. Of course if you want to leverage asynchronous stuff you could use node.js. Its great for that. Depends on the usage.

I don't think it's even cool trying to compare both, the have there strength and weaknesses even there is still a work around in there weakness. So for me I think you should work with what's more comfortable for you, I have tried both and I will tell you that the are both OK but I will prefer node because it has a brighter future PHP is wearing off doesn't mean people are not still using it, Facebook still run on PHP. So my opinion is go with what you are comfortable with

nodejs is better because of its great syntax and easy to learn than php

Depends on your use case. What application do you plan to create? My personal opinion is that Node.js is better, has better ecosystem and a bright future, while PHP seems to be considered a "legacy" language. But it does not change the fact that Node has its limitations and PHP is still very popular.