Senior PHP development studio

Professional PHP,
done right.

We build, modernize, and rescue PHP applications - custom apps, Laravel and Symfony builds, and the legacy codebases nobody else wants to touch. Senior engineers, modern PHP, and code you can actually maintain after we hand it over.

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Senior engineers · modern, tested PHP · we rescue legacy code

Senior
engineers only
PHP 8
modern & tested
Legacy
rescue specialists
You own
all the code
What we do

PHP, from greenfield to rescue.

Whether you're starting fresh or staring at code nobody wants to touch, it's the same studio and the same standard.

Custom PHP applications

Web apps · internal tools · SaaS backends · dashboards

Bespoke applications built in modern, typed PHP. We design the architecture, write the tests, and ship something your own team can read and extend after we hand it over - not a black box only we understand.

Laravel & Symfony builds

Greenfield products · features · migrations · queues

Serious work on the frameworks that run serious PHP. We follow the framework's grain instead of fighting it - clean migrations, queues, events, and a structure the next developer will recognize on day one.

Legacy PHP rescue & modernization

PHP 5/7 → 8 · de-spaghetti · tests · framework migration

Our specialty. Inherited a scary codebase with no framework, no tests, PHP 5 on a dying server? We stabilize it, upgrade it, wrap it in tests and docs, and make it safe to change again - one careful step at a time.

Headline service

APIs & integrations

REST & GraphQL · webhooks · payments · third-party

The connective tissue between your PHP app and the rest of your stack. Auth, rate limits, retries and error handling done properly, so integrations don't quietly fail at 2am and lose you data.

Performance & scaling

Profiling · N+1 queries · caching · queues · indexes

Slow pages and apps that fall over under load. We profile the real bottleneck instead of guessing - database, caching, queues - and make it fast enough to stop being a complaint, with the numbers to prove it.

Security & hardening

Audits · injection/XSS · dependencies · auth

The things that get PHP apps breached: SQL injection, XSS, outdated dependencies, leaked secrets, weak auth. We find them, fix them, and tell you plainly what the real risk was - no scaremongering.

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Our specialty

We inherit the codebases nobody wants to touch.

A developer left and took all the knowledge with them. It's PHP 5 on a server that's about to be switched off. There are no tests, no framework, and everyone is scared to deploy. This is exactly the work we like - and we do it without a rewrite-from-scratch unless that's genuinely the right call.

Rescue work is always scoped after a paid code audit. Nobody can honestly quote a codebase they haven't read - so we read it first, then tell you what it really needs.

Rescue my codebase →

  • PHP 5.x / 7.x → PHP 8.x upgrades, one safe step at a time
  • No-framework spaghetti refactored into a structure you can change
  • A real test suite wrapped around code that currently has none
  • Security holes closed - injection, XSS, outdated dependencies
  • Framework migrations (CodeIgniter, Zend, custom → Laravel / Symfony)
  • Composer and dependency cleanup, dead code removed
  • Docs and onboarding notes, so it's not all in one person's head
  • A real deploy process instead of editing live files over FTP
How it works

Code read before it's quoted.

01

Audit & scope

We read the code before we quote. You get a clear picture of what you actually have - the risks, the quick wins, and what the work will take - instead of a number pulled from the air. For a rescue, that's an honest health check of the codebase first.

02

Plan & agree

We write down the plan: what we'll build or fix, in what order, what you own, and a quote you approve before any work starts. No scope creep by surprise, no surprises on the invoice, no work you didn't sign off on.

03

Build & test

Senior engineers do the work in your repo, with tests and code review - not a junior learning on your dime. You see progress in small, reviewable steps, and you get PHP you can actually read and a history you can follow.

04

Ship & maintain

We deploy it properly, document it, and hand it over - or stay on a retainer to keep it healthy. Either way you're left with something maintainable, not a dependency on us. The code is yours, and so is the knowledge.

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Why ProfessionalPHP

Built by people who've maintained PHP, not just shipped it.

Senior engineers, not a junior bench

The person writing your PHP has shipped production PHP for years and has seen what breaks at scale. You're not subsidizing someone's on-the-job training, and you're not getting a salesperson out front and juniors behind the curtain.

Modern PHP, done right

Typed, tested, PSR-compliant PHP 8 - static analysis, real structure, and the framework conventions other developers expect. Code written to be read and changed next year, not just to pass today.

We're not scared of your legacy code

Old PHP, no tests, no framework, a server on its last legs - that's a normal Tuesday for us, not a reason to insist on a costly rewrite. We stabilize first, then improve, so you keep running while we make it safe to change.

Security taken seriously

We treat injection, XSS, dependency rot and weak auth as part of the job, not an upsell. We'll tell you the real risk in plain language and fix what matters - without dressing up a small issue as a crisis.

You own everything

Your code, your repos, your servers, your accounts. We work inside your infrastructure and document as we go, so nothing is locked in our heads. If you ever stop working with us, you lose nothing but us.

Honest about scope and risk

We'll tell you when a patch is enough and a rewrite is overkill - or the other way round. We quote what the work really takes and we won't promise a date we can't stand behind in writing. Straight answers, even when they cost us the bigger invoice.

The stack

Tools we work in every day.

PHP 8.3LaravelSymfonyWordPressWooCommerceDrupalMySQLPostgreSQLRedisREST & GraphQLComposerPHPUnitDockerGitCI/CD
Example scenarios

How we'd approach the work.

We're a new studio, so these are illustrative examples of how we'd tackle a project – not past clients.

Legacy rescue

A PHP 5.6 app running the whole business on an end-of-life server

The situation
A small company's core operations ran on a homegrown PHP 5.6 app built years ago by a developer who had long since left. No framework, no tests, credentials hard-coded, and the host was about to drop PHP 5 entirely. Everyone was afraid to touch it, and a rewrite from scratch was quoted at six figures they didn't have.
How we'd approach it
A stabilize-then-modernize plan: lock down the obvious security holes, get it running on PHP 8, add a test harness around the critical paths, then refactor the worst modules in priority order while the app keeps running.
The outcome we'd aim for
Illustrative scenario, not a real engagement: instead of a risky big-bang rewrite, the app would be upgraded in safe increments - off the dying server, injection closed, the dangerous parts under test - so the business keeps running on code it can finally afford to change.
New build

Turning a spreadsheet-and-email process into a real internal tool

The situation
A growing operations team was running a critical workflow across a tangle of shared spreadsheets and email threads. It was error-prone, impossible to audit, and getting slower every month - but they had no in-house developers to build the internal app they obviously needed.
How we'd approach it
A focused Laravel build: model the workflow properly, a clean role-based interface, an audit trail, and exports - scoped tightly so the first version ships and earns its keep before the backlog grows.
The outcome we'd aim for
Illustrative scenario, not based on a real client: a maintainable internal tool replaces the spreadsheet chaos, with the code documented and handed over so the team can have anyone extend it later - not just us.
API & integration

Connecting an old store to a new fulfillment system

The situation
An established e-commerce store needed to sync orders and inventory with a new third-party fulfillment provider. The store's PHP was old, the provider's API was fiddly, and a half-finished integration was already silently dropping orders at busy times.
How we'd approach it
A reliability-first integration: a clean API layer with retries, idempotency and proper error logging, plus alerting when something does fail - built and tested against the provider's sandbox before going near live orders.
The outcome we'd aim for
Illustrative scenario only: orders and stock would sync dependably, failures surface loudly instead of vanishing, and the store gets an integration it can trust during its busiest hours rather than one it has to babysit.
Performance

A dashboard that fell over every month-end

The situation
A reporting dashboard inside a PHP app ground to a halt - or timed out completely - whenever the whole company pulled month-end numbers at once. The team had thrown a bigger server at it twice, and it hadn't helped, because the real problem wasn't the hardware.
How we'd approach it
Profile first, then fix the actual bottleneck: kill the N+1 queries, add the missing database indexes, cache the expensive aggregates, and move the heaviest reports to a queue so the page returns fast.
The outcome we'd aim for
Illustrative scenario, not a real deployment: month-end stops being a crisis - the dashboard loads quickly under peak load on the same hardware, and the fix comes with the before-and-after numbers to show exactly what changed and why.
In their words

The relief of PHP that just works.

Illustrative of the outcome we build for – not real client quotes (we're a new studio).

“We'd been told our old PHP needed a full rewrite. They upgraded and stabilized it instead, for a fraction of the cost, and we never went offline. That honesty is why we kept them on.”
Operations lead, established SMB (illustrative)
“You can tell senior people wrote it. The code is readable, it's tested, and our own developer could pick it up without a single panicked call. Worth every cent of the senior rate.”
CTO, seed-stage SaaS (illustrative)
“They told us a patch would do when they could easily have sold us a rebuild. New studio, no flashy logo wall - just straight answers and PHP that works.”
Founder, e-commerce brand (illustrative)
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Tell us about your PHP. We'll tell you the truth.

New build, legacy rescue, or an app that needs a senior pair of hands – describe it and we'll reply with honest next steps, usually within one business day.

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