PHP development for
custom web applications.
PHP powers a large portion of the web for good reason, it's stable, mature, and has decades of production-tested infrastructure behind it. We use modern PHP 8.x with Laravel or Symfony to build custom web applications that are fast, secure, and maintainable.
Modern PHP for applications that need solid foundations
PHP 8.x is a genuinely modern language: typed properties, enums, fibers, match expressions. The stigma is old. The production record is unmatched.
Custom Web Applications
Full-stack web applications with complex business logic, multi-role access control, and custom workflows. Laravel's ecosystem makes these fast to build and easy to maintain.
REST API Development
JSON APIs powering mobile apps, SPAs, and third-party integrations. Laravel's routing, authentication, and resource transformers make API development structured and consistent.
E-Commerce Platforms
Custom e-commerce platforms with product catalogues, cart logic, payment processing, and order management, built from scratch rather than bolted onto a CMS.
Legacy PHP Modernisation
Taking old PHP 5.x or 7.x codebases and migrating them to modern PHP 8.x with proper architecture, replacing spaghetti with structure, without rewriting the entire business.
Proven runtime. Massive ecosystem. Modern language.
PHP gets dismissed unfairly. Modern PHP 8.x is a typed, structured, high-performance language with the deepest web hosting ecosystem on the planet.
Hosting is everywhere
PHP runs on more hosting providers than any other language. For clients who need deployment flexibility: shared hosting, VPS, cloud, PHP gives the widest range of options at the lowest cost.
Laravel is genuinely excellent
Laravel is one of the best-designed web frameworks in any language. Eloquent ORM, queues, broadcasting, authentication, Horizon, Octane, it's a complete ecosystem, not a micro-framework.
PHP 8.x is a modern language
Typed properties, union types, named arguments, enums, fibers, PHP 8.x is not the language people remember from 2009. The performance gap with Node.js has largely closed.
Existing codebase? We extend it.
Many businesses run on PHP applications built years ago. We extend and improve existing PHP codebases: adding features, improving architecture, or migrating to a modern framework.
Hire a PHP Developer
Skip the full build. Get a vetted PHP developer working inside your existing team, on your stand-ups and your roadmap.
Hire a PHP Developer →When should you choose PHP?
PHP gets dismissed unfairly. Here's when it's genuinely the right call, and when it isn't.
PHP makes sense when
- You need the widest range of low-cost hosting options
- You're extending an existing PHP application
- You want Laravel's complete, batteries-included ecosystem
Consider alternatives when
- You need Node.js-level concurrency for real-time features
- Your team already standardised on a different stack
- The project is starting fresh with no hosting or team constraints
Built by AI-native engineers, so your PHP backend is ready for agents and LLM features
We design the API surface, auth, and event model so language-model features and AI agents can consume your PHP backend safely later, rather than bolting them on after. It is how our own products, Tully AI and Mebag, were built.
Typed schemas, scoped tokens, and predictable errors so an AI agent can call your PHP API without surprises.
Retrieval endpoints and event streams that feed a vector store without a nightly export job.
A managed PHP layer in front of OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini with rate limits, caching, and fallbacks.
Shipped with prompt versioning, evals, and guardrails. See how we build AI →
Common questions about PHP development
Straight answers on stack fit, working in your codebase, cost, and how we start.
Is PHP still worth using in 2025?
Yes, for web applications where hosting flexibility, mature ecosystem, and large talent pool matter. PHP 8.x is a genuinely modern language. Laravel is one of the best web frameworks available. The criticism is dated.
Do you use Laravel or Symfony?
Primarily Laravel for new projects, it's the most complete and developer-friendly PHP framework. Symfony for projects that need more low-level control or are being extended from an existing Symfony codebase.
Can you take over an existing PHP application?
Yes, this is a common engagement for us. We start with a code audit, identify the architecture quality and technical debt, then agree on a roadmap. We've inherited PHP 5.x and 7.x codebases and modernised them to current standards.
How long does a PHP web application project take?
A focused web app MVP: 10 to 16 weeks. A complex platform with multi-role access, API layers, and third-party integrations: 18 to 28 weeks. We scope every project individually.
Hire PHP Developers
Need PHP engineers embedded in your team rather than a full project handoff? Our PHP Developers join your existing workflow (your tools, your stand-ups, your roadmap) while we handle employment, payroll, and HR. Add one developer or a full team, scale up before a release and back down after, and keep everything they build.
Need a PHP development team?
Modern PHP. Clean architecture. Production-ready.
Whether you're starting fresh or need to extend an existing PHP codebase, tell us what you're building. We'll give you a straight answer.