Hire PHP Backend Experts
Your business runs on PHP that nobody wants to touch: plain PHP, an old framework, or a version that stopped getting fixes years ago. We place a developer who reads that code and changes it safely, on a monthly rate. We ran a team of 14 to 15 PHP developers for one Dubai client for about three years.
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Most PHP hiring is not greenfield. It is a working system with no tests and a lot of business rules that only exist in the code, and the job is to change it without losing any of them.
Includes, globals, SQL built from strings, a schema that grew by accident. Before changing anything the developer gets it running locally and writes down the rules they find, because the original author has usually left.
Prepared statements in place of string-built queries, removal of mysql_* calls, Composer where there was none, characterisation tests around the riskiest flows. Each step ships on its own, so the business never waits for a big rewrite.
Sometimes a module is better rebuilt. Our cabinet-manufacturer system went from PHP 5.6 to Laravel 13 over about eight months, checked against the old system in parallel. A smaller loyalty system took two months.
Compare PHP developer levels, experience, and monthly rates (160 h per month, retainer discount; USD, invoiced in USD, GBP, EUR or INR). Every level is available on hourly, monthly, or dedicated-team engagements; short pieces of work are from $20/h.
Reports, forms and contained bug fixes in an application someone senior understands. Not the right hire for code with no tests and no one to review it.
Feature work and integrations: payment gateways, third-party APIs, slow-query fixes, session and authentication changes, in plain PHP or a framework.
Plans and runs a PHP version move, separates tangled modules, and decides what stays in PHP and what moves to a framework. Hire this level first when the code is old.
Older PHP apps often mix server code and jQuery on one page. This level can untangle both, put an API between them and replace the screens one at a time.
Tools that come up on PHP engagements. If your project runs on something else, say so in your brief.
Your developer is part of our engineering team in India with 3–5 hours of overlap with the UK and Europe; US calls by appointment.
The version, the framework if any, and whether the code has tests decide who we propose. After a call we confirm who is available and a start date.
The Dubai team we ran was recruited against the client's profiles, employed and managed by us in Kerala, and directed by the client day to day. The same arrangement works for one person.
If the real job is one move off old PHP, buying a developer by the month is the wrong shape. We assess the code for free and quote a fixed price for the move.
Monthly rates are for 160 hours. Short jobs can be hourly. Invoices go out in USD, GBP, EUR or INR, whichever suits your accounts team.
Common questions about hiring PHP developers from itmarkerz.
No need to tidy it first. Give us the PHP version, what the system does and what you need changed, and we will reply within one business day (IST) with a suggestion on who should look at it.
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A dedicated team of 14–15 PHP developers recruited, employed and managed by itmarkerz in Kerala for about three years, working exclusively on a Dubai technology company's products. The model behind our hire-developers offer.
Cabinet manufacturer's ordering, dealer-portal and inventory system moved from PHP 5.6 and MySQL 5.0 to Laravel 13 on PHP 8.5 and MySQL 8, with a new Next.js front end. Eight months, workflows preserved, now live.
Loyalty-card management system we first built on PHP 5.6, re-platformed onto Laravel with all cards, balances and rules preserved. Two months, live since mid-2026, Indian client.
Custom ERP for an Indian fabrication wholesaler: quoting, production, multi-location inventory and SKUs, dispatch, VAT billing, accounting, reporting and a customer ordering portal. Two-year build, 2012–2014. Faster month-end, accurate stock.