PHP development

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Your business depends on a PHP system that has grown old, or you want new PHP work from people used to keeping such systems running. PHP has been part of our work from the start: a custom ERP built from 2012, an insurance broker platform we ran for about five years, and a dedicated PHP team of 14 to 15 developers. More recently we have moved systems from PHP 5.6 to PHP 8.5.

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PHP work we take on

Older projects reflect the tools of their time, and we say when they do.

  • Custom business systems

    The fabrication wholesaler's ERP covers quoting with material and labour costing, production tracking, multi-location inventory, dispatch, VAT billing, accounting and a customer ordering login. It took about two years to build.

  • Regulated, long-running platforms

    The Indian insurance broker platform handled broker and sub-broker hierarchies, policies, claims and IRDAI-format reports from about 2014 to 2019, growing from a general insurance system into a broker CRM and then reinsurance.

  • Moving off old PHP

    A cabinet manufacturer went from PHP 5.6 and MySQL 5.0 to Laravel 13 on PHP 8.5 in about eight months. A Belgian WooCommerce store went from PHP 7.4 to the current release while it stayed in daily use.

  • Dedicated PHP teams

    For about three years we recruited, employed and managed 14 to 15 PHP developers in Kerala who worked only on a Dubai technology company's own products. That engagement is the model for our developer hiring today.

PHP support dates, as of October 2026

From php.net. Each branch gets two years of active support and two more of security fixes.

  • PHP 8.5

    Active support until 31 December 2027, security fixes until 31 December 2029. Our cabinet-manufacturer system runs on it.

  • PHP 8.4

    Active support ends on 31 December 2026; security fixes continue until 31 December 2028.

  • PHP 8.3

    Security fixes only, until 31 December 2027. Reasonable for now, but plan the next step.

  • PHP 8.2 and older

    8.2 loses security fixes on 31 December 2026. 8.1 and everything before it are already out of support.

How we move an old PHP system

The same steps we followed on the projects below, scaled to the size of the system.

  1. Read the code and the schema

    On a legacy system, the code is often the only accurate record of the business rules. We audit it and the database before proposing anything.

  2. Choose upgrade or rebuild

    Some systems can step up through PHP versions. Others, like the PHP 5.6 code we moved, are better rebuilt on Laravel with the data carried across.

  3. Migrate data with checks

    On the cabinet-manufacturer project the data was validated at every migration step. On the loyalty system every card, balance and rule had to survive the move.

  4. Verify against the old system

    Workflows are compared with the old system running in parallel, so the people who rely on it can confirm that nothing has been lost before cut-over.

Engagement options for PHP

A one-off move, a long build, or people on your team.

For Laravel upgrades there is a dedicated upgrade service with a free assessment. Custom PHP systems are scoped individually, and the group-deals marketplace from 2014 and the ERP show how much that scope can vary.

For capacity, hire PHP developers from from $20/h in USD, invoiced in USD, GBP, EUR or INR. Today we work as an engineering team in India with 3–5 hours of overlap with the UK and Europe; US calls by appointment. See also Laravel development and MySQL work.

If a system is stuck on an old version, start with legacy PHP modernisation or our PHP upgrade matrix.

PHP projects we have delivered

Most of our work is delivered under NDA, so many projects cannot be named.

Questions about PHP work

Most of them start with an old version number.

Our system is on PHP 5.6 or 7.x. Do we have to rewrite it?
Not always, but we would look before answering. The loyalty-card system was a two-month move because we had built it and knew it well. The cabinet-manufacturer system took about eight months because it ran ordering, quoting, a dealer portal and inventory.
Do you only work in Laravel?
No. Laravel is what we usually choose for new PHP work, but our earlier ERP and marketplace work predates it, and we maintain WordPress and WooCommerce sites, which have their own PHP conventions. We will work with the code you have.
Can you provide a dedicated PHP team?
Yes. The Dubai engagement is the reference: we handled recruiting, employment, equipment, line management and HR, and the client directed the work. All output belonged to the client.
How do you price PHP work?
A defined system or upgrade is quoted after we have seen the code. Otherwise we charge by the hour or provide a monthly dedicated developer.

Which PHP version is your system on?

Tell us the version, the framework if there is one, and what the system does for the business. We will tell you what we would do first.

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