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PHP Development, Done Properly

Modern PHP 8 — typed, tested and nothing like the PHP you were warned about.

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Typical timeline
3-12 weeks
Quote
Free, within 1 working day
Based in
Udaipur, serving all India

PHP runs a large share of the web, and modern PHP has almost nothing in common with the copy-pasted scripts that gave the language its old reputation. PHP 8 brings strict types, enums, readonly properties, attributes and a JIT compiler, and with Composer and PSR standards the ecosystem is as disciplined as anything else out there.

I build in PHP because it is pragmatic. It deploys to inexpensive hosting, it talks to MySQL faster than most alternatives, developers are easy to find in India when you need to expand your team, and it will still be running your application a decade from now. Whether that means a Laravel platform, a CodeIgniter system you inherited, or careful vanilla PHP for a lightweight site, I write it to a standard that holds up under audit.

Legacy work starts with a full backup and a staging clone. Your live system is never the test environment.

What is included

01

Custom PHP web applications

Bespoke portals, dashboards, booking systems and internal tools written on modern PHP 8 with a clean architecture.

02

Legacy PHP modernisation

PHP 5.x and 7.x codebases brought up to PHP 8, with deprecations resolved and old mysql functions replaced by PDO.

03

CodeIgniter and CakePHP work

Maintenance, feature development and migration paths for older framework projects still doing real work.

04

Database design and optimisation

Normalised schemas, correct indexing, stored procedures where they earn their keep and slow query elimination.

05

Security hardening

Fixing SQL injection, XSS and file-upload holes, adding prepared statements, CSRF tokens and proper password hashing.

06

Third-party API integration

Payment gateways, shipping partners, SMS and WhatsApp providers, ERP connectors and government portals.

Why it is worth doing properly

  • Runs on affordable shared hosting as happily as on a dedicated cloud server
  • Huge talent pool in India means you are never locked to one developer
  • PHP 8 performance gains cut server costs on high-traffic sites
  • Battle-tested libraries for payments, PDFs, Excel exports and reporting

Technology used

Chosen to suit the project and your team, not to pad an invoice.

PHP 8.3LaravelCodeIgniterComposerMySQLMariaDBPDOPHPUnitApacheNginx
750+
Projects delivered
10+
Years of experience
4.9/5
Average client rating
18
Countries served
How it works

From first call to launch

The same seven steps on every project, so you always know what happens next.

01

Discovery call

A straight conversation about what the business does, what is not working and what success looks like. No slide deck. If I am not the right fit for the project, I will say so here rather than three weeks in.

45-60 minutes
02

Written scope and fixed quote

You get a document listing exactly what will be built, what is excluded, the timeline in milestones and a fixed price. Nothing starts until you have read it and agreed. The scope is yours to keep either way.

2-4 days
03

Design you can click

Wireframes first for structure, then visual design. For websites you approve a working page in the browser rather than a flat image, so what you sign off is genuinely what gets built.

1-2 weeks
04

Build in visible milestones

Development runs in two-week milestones on a staging URL you can open any time. You see progress as it happens instead of receiving a status report about work you cannot verify.

2-16 weeks
05

Testing and your review

Cross-browser and mobile testing, speed and security checks, and a review round where your team uses the system properly and lists what needs changing before launch.

3-7 days
06

Launch and handover

Deployment, analytics and Search Console setup, a walkthrough recording for your team, documentation, and full credentials handed over. You own everything, including the source code.

1-2 days
07

Support after launch

A warranty period covering any bugs at no charge, then an optional maintenance plan for updates, backups, monitoring and new features. No lock-in either way.

Ongoing
FAQ

PHP — common questions

The questions that come up on almost every enquiry, answered honestly.

Is PHP still a good choice in 2026?
For database-driven business web applications, yes. PHP 8 is fast, strictly typed if you want it to be, and backed by mature frameworks. The languages that beat it do so in narrow niches like real-time streaming or heavy computation. For portals, ecommerce, ERPs and CMS work it remains the most cost-effective choice available.
Can you upgrade my old PHP 5 website?
Yes. I audit the codebase, list every deprecated function and incompatibility, set up a staging copy, then migrate in stages with testing at each step. Most upgrades also deliver a noticeable speed improvement because PHP 8 is dramatically faster than 5.6.
Do you write plain PHP or always use a framework?
It depends on the job. A brochure site or a small utility does not need a framework and is faster without one. Anything with users, roles, payments or reporting gets Laravel, because reinventing authentication and validation by hand is how security holes are born.
Can you fix a hacked PHP website?
Yes. That involves isolating the site, identifying the entry point, removing injected code and backdoors, patching the vulnerability, rotating all credentials and then hardening the server. I also set up monitoring so a repeat attempt is caught early.
Will you document the code you write?
Every project ships with a README covering setup, environment variables, deployment steps and the database schema, plus inline documentation for anything non-obvious. You should never need me to explain how to run your own software.
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Ready to start your php project?

Tell me what you are trying to build or fix. You will get an honest opinion, a written scope and a fixed price — with no obligation to go ahead.

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