PHP development
Modern PHP for web applications, and careful maintenance for the very large number of business systems already running on it.
Web backend
Chosen per project
Maintainable handover
PHP’s reputation is largely a memory of code written fifteen years ago. Contemporary PHP is typed, fast, and supported by genuinely good frameworks and tooling. It also runs on essentially every shared host in India, which keeps hosting simple and inexpensive.
A large part of our PHP work is maintenance: taking on systems written years ago, getting them onto a supported version and making them safe to change again.
What we build with PHP
Web applications and portals on conventional hosting
Content-driven sites and custom content management
Maintaining and upgrading existing PHP systems
E-commerce and ERP backends where PHP is already in place
Where it fits — and where it does not
Good fit when
Standard web hosting is a requirement or a strong preference
An existing PHP codebase needs to be kept alive and improved
Server-rendered pages suit the product better than a JavaScript app
Budget favours widely available hosting and a deep hiring pool
Consider something else when
Real-time features with persistent connections
Heavy data science or machine learning work
Teams committed to a single JavaScript language across the stack
Bringing an older PHP system back under control
The order we work in when taking over an ageing PHP application. Security and supportability come before features, because features built on an unsupported runtime are built on sand.
Audit
What version, what dependencies, what known vulnerabilities.
Stabilise
Version control, environments and a repeatable deployment.
Upgrade runtime
Move to a supported PHP version, fixing breakages as they surface.
Add tests
Characterisation tests around the behaviour that must not change.
Refactor
Improve structure module by module, behind the tests.
Extend
New features, now that changing the system is safe again.
How we work with PHP
Supported versions only
Work begins by getting the application onto a PHP version still receiving security patches.
Strict typing
Declared types and static analysis, which catch a whole class of bugs older PHP code simply shipped with.
Dependency hygiene
Composer-managed dependencies, audited and updated rather than vendored and forgotten.
Incremental refactoring
Legacy code improved behind tests, module by module, instead of a risky rewrite.
Our typical PHP setup
| Concern | What we use |
|---|---|
| Version | PHP 8.2 or later, on a release still receiving security support |
| Framework | Laravel for new work; existing frameworks maintained in place |
| Dependencies | Composer, with a security audit in the pipeline |
| Database | MySQL or MariaDB, PostgreSQL where the data model benefits |
| Static analysis | PHPStan or Psalm at a level the codebase can sustain |
| Testing | PHPUnit or Pest, with characterisation tests on legacy code |
Frequently asked questions
No. PHP 8 is a typed, fast, actively developed language, and it runs a very large share of the web. What is outdated is PHP 5-era code, which is a different problem — and one we fix regularly.
Yes. We audit it, get it onto a supported version, put tests around the behaviour that matters, and then improve it incrementally. A rewrite is a last resort, not a first suggestion.
PHP where conventional hosting matters and the application is largely server-rendered pages. Node.js where the team is JavaScript-first or the product needs real-time features.
Services built with PHP
Software Maintenance
Keeping working systems working — including ones built by somebody else.
Website Development
A website is usually the first thing a prospective customer sees. It should load quickly, say something useful and be findable.
CMS Development
Publishing tools shaped to your content, so the people who write it can ship it without a developer.
E-commerce Development
Online stores where the checkout works, the stock figures are real and the order data reaches your operations team intact.
Tell us what you are trying to build
Describe the problem in plain language and we will tell you what it would take to solve it — the approach, the moving parts and the sensible order to build them in. No obligation either way.