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PHP & Laravel Development
PHP & Laravel development services — build secure web apps, APIs & e-commerce with clean, maintainable code. Get a free quote today.
Why work with us on php & laravel development
Our expert PHP developers build scalable, secure, and high-performance web applications using modern PHP frameworks like Laravel and Symfony. From e-commerce platforms to content management systems, we deliver solutions that power your business growth.
Laravel and Symfony framework expertise
Custom PHP web application development
E-commerce platform development (WooCommerce, Magento)
Content Management System (CMS) development
RESTful API development and integration
Database design and optimization (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
Payment gateway integration and security
Legacy PHP application modernization
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Technical proposal call
Scope and timeline agreed
Development and delivery
Stack
Technologies we use
PHP 8+
expert
Laravel
expert
Symfony
advanced
CodeIgniter
advanced
WordPress
expert
WooCommerce
expert
Magento
advanced
MySQL
expert
PostgreSQL
advanced
Redis
advanced
Composer
expert
PHPUnit
advanced
Apache
advanced
Nginx
advanced
Docker
advanced
Git
expert
Fit
When Laravel is the right call
Laravel is not the answer to every backend. It is the answer to a specific and common set of products, and knowing which is the first thing we sort out.
Business web applications
Forms, roles, workflows, reports, billing.
CRMs, portals, admin systems, document workflows, marketplaces. The framework’s conventions map directly onto this shape, so a small team ships a secure product quickly and a new developer can read it a year later.
Fastest path to production
SaaS with an API
A web product that partners also integrate with.
Sanctum or Passport auth, resource-based JSON, versioned routes, queued webhooks. Laravel handles the web UI and the partner API from one codebase without either compromising the other.
Web and API from one codebase
Real-time and streaming
Live collaboration, chat, voice, long-lived sockets.
Laravel Reverb and Echo cover moderate real-time needs. For heavy streaming or sub-second audio we usually pair Laravel with a Node.js or Python service that owns the socket layer. We will design that boundary rather than force one framework to do everything.
Often paired with Node.js or Python
Engineering
What we build with Laravel
Application architecture
Domain-organised code, policy-based authorisation, form requests and Eloquent models designed against your real data volumes. Built so the second year of development is as fast as the first.
APIs
REST APIs with Sanctum or Passport, resource classes, pagination and versioning. Documented with OpenAPI as they are written, so mobile and partner teams can build in parallel.
Livewire and Vue frontends
Livewire for PHP-first teams and form-heavy interfaces; Vue or Inertia when the UI is dense. We have shipped both against Laravel and will match the choice to your team, not ours.
Queues and background work
Redis or SQS queues with Horizon monitoring. Imports, exports, email, PDF generation and webhook processing run off the request path and retry on failure.
Payments and subscriptions
Stripe via Cashier for subscriptions, trials and metered billing; one-off checkout; PayPal where customers expect it. Webhooks keep billing and application state in sync.
Legacy migration
Incremental migration from CodeIgniter, hand-written PHP or older Laravel versions. New features route through the new framework while the old code keeps serving, so the product never stops.
Applications
Laravel products we have shipped
Enterprise eSignature platform
LawHQ: a DocuSign-class signing product built over two years as lead developer. Vue frontend, Laravel backend, a WYSIWYG editor from scratch, hash-based signing and a tamper-evident audit trail.
Real-estate operations SaaS
REI Op-Center: taken over after two previous developers and rebuilt on AWS. Imports tens of thousands of rows and queries records in the millions.
SaaS MVP to completion
An 18-month engagement carrying a Vue and Laravel product from early prototype to a finished, deployed platform with AWS Lambda for burst work.
Self-service alias utility
NCTZEN: claim a domain email alias that forwards to your inbox, with availability checks, self-service update and deletion, on React and Laravel.
E-commerce and ERP
Laravel platforms across e-commerce, ERP, education and real estate, with Stripe billing and Livewire interfaces, from our senior Laravel engineer’s track record.
AI-augmented applications
RAG retrieval from Laravel using pgvector in PostgreSQL, with model calls over queued jobs, so AI features sit inside the application you already run.
Working together
Three ways to start
Most Laravel engagements begin as one of these. We will say plainly which fits, including when the answer is to keep what you have.
Build a new product
A scoped first release on Laravel with auth, the core workflow and billing, delivered on a fixed quote.
Get a scoped quote →Modernise or rescue
Audit an existing PHP or Laravel codebase, stabilise it, and migrate incrementally without stopping the business.
Book an audit call →Hire a Laravel developer
A senior Laravel engineer who joins your team and ships inside your repository from the first week.
Hire Laravel developers →FAQ
PHP and Laravel questions we get asked
Is Laravel still a good choice in 2026?
Yes, for the same reason it was five years ago: it lets a small team ship a secure, well-structured application fast, and the ecosystem — Eloquent, queues, Horizon, Sanctum, Livewire — covers most of what a SaaS needs without third-party glue. Our two largest engagements, an enterprise eSignature platform and a real-estate SaaS, both run on it in production.
Laravel or Node.js for our backend?
Laravel when the product is a conventional web application with forms, roles, billing and reports: it will be built faster and be easier to maintain. Node.js when you need long-lived connections, real-time streams or you want one language across front and back. We build both and will recommend against Laravel when it is the wrong fit.
Can you modernise a legacy PHP application?
That is a common starting point. We have migrated CodeIgniter and hand-written PHP to Laravel incrementally, routing new features through the new framework while the old code keeps serving, so the business never stops. A big-bang rewrite is rarely the right answer, and we will say so.
Livewire or a JavaScript frontend?
Livewire when the team is PHP-first and the interface is form-driven: you get reactivity without a separate frontend build. Vue or React when the interface is dense and highly interactive, or when a mobile app will share the API. We have shipped both against Laravel and will match it to your team.
How do you handle background jobs and queues?
Laravel queues on Redis or SQS, with Horizon for monitoring. Imports, email, PDF generation, webhook processing and anything over a second runs off the request cycle, so the application stays responsive and failures retry instead of disappearing.
How is Laravel deployed and scaled?
Forge or Vapor for managed hosting; Docker on AWS or your own VPC when you need control. Horizontal scaling behind a load balancer, Redis for sessions and cache, and a queue tier that scales separately from web. The REI Op-Center platform runs this way on AWS with Lambda for burst work.
What about API-first products?
Laravel with Sanctum or Passport for token auth, resource classes for consistent JSON, and versioned routes so clients do not break. The LawHQ platform moved to API-first development in its later phases specifically so partner applications could sign documents without touching the UI.
Can Laravel handle AI features?
Yes. We run RAG pipelines from Laravel using pgvector in PostgreSQL for embeddings, calling OpenAI, Claude or self-hosted models over queued jobs. The Laravel application stays the system of record; the AI work happens where it belongs, off the request path.
How do you secure a Laravel application?
The framework covers CSRF, XSS escaping and parameter binding by default; we add policy-based authorisation, rate limiting, audit logging and dependency scanning. For regulated products we have built hash-chained activity logs and role-based data permissions strict enough for legal-sector review.
Will we own the code and be able to hire other Laravel developers?
Yes on both counts. Everything ships into your repository, follows Laravel conventions rather than private abstractions, and is documented as it is built. Laravel has one of the largest talent pools in web development, which is itself a reason to choose it.
How we work
Our development process
Project Analysis
Understanding business requirements and technical specifications
1-2 days
System Design
Database design, architecture planning, and framework selection
2-4 days
Development
Iterative development with regular testing and code reviews
2-10 weeks
Deployment
Server setup, security configuration, and go-live support
2-3 days
Why us
Benefits of working with us
Senior PHP developers with 5+ years experience
Modern PHP 8+ and framework best practices
Secure coding practices and vulnerability testing
Performance optimization and caching strategies
Comprehensive documentation and code comments
Post-launch support and maintenance packages
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