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PHP — modern frameworks, production-grade

Modern PHP development across Laravel, Symfony and custom PHP. Paired with PostgreSQL, Redis, message queues and production observability. Modernisation of legacy PHP apps.

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PHP delivery, in numbers

Proof, not promises.

Real benchmarks from production engagements.

  • PHP 8.3+

    Modern PHP

    Strong typing, modern syntax

  • Laravel + Symfony

    Frameworks

    Plus custom where it makes sense

  • Legacy modernisation

    Specialty

    From PHP 5.x onwards

  • OpenTelemetry

    Production observability

    Not a 2018 PHP afterthought

What we deliver

The capabilities our PHP engineers ship.

Production patterns from real engagements — not a stack-marketing checklist.

  • 01

    Modern PHP applications

    PHP 8.3+, PSR standards, PHPStan static analysis, Pest/PHPUnit testing. Strong typing throughout.

  • 02

    Laravel applications

    Laravel 11+ with Livewire, Filament, Sanctum. See our [Laravel practice](/expertise/web-development/laravel) for depth.

  • 03

    Symfony applications

    Symfony 7+ for enterprise apps, microservices, message-bus architectures. Doctrine ORM, Symfony Messenger, API Platform.

  • 04

    Production data layer

    PostgreSQL or MySQL, Redis for cache/queues, MongoDB where document-stores fit. Connection pooling, query optimisation.

  • 05

    Legacy modernisation

    PHP 5.x/7.x → 8.3+, CodeIgniter/CakePHP → Laravel, monolith → microservices. Strangler-fig pattern, incremental delivery.

  • 06

    Deployment & DevOps

    Forge, Vapor (serverless), Kubernetes, Docker. Zero-downtime deploys, queue workers, scheduled tasks.

Who hires us for PHP

Where this stack fits best.

We've seen the patterns — match yours against the list to find the closest fit to your situation.

  • SaaS & startups

    Companies needing fast time-to-market with proven frameworks.

  • PHP modernisations

    Enterprises with legacy PHP that needs modernisation, not rewrites.

  • E-commerce

    Custom e-commerce platforms beyond what Magento/WooCommerce can flex to.

  • Content & CMS

    Headless CMS, content platforms, multi-tenant publishing systems.

  • Symfony enterprises

    Symfony-heavy environments needing scale and architecture depth.

How we engage

From brief to production.

Transparent, milestone-driven, with clear owners and timeframes at every stage.

  1. 01Week 1

    Architecture

    Framework selection (Laravel/Symfony/custom), schema design, API/UI architecture, deployment model.

  2. 02Weeks 2–8

    Build

    Two-week iteration cycles, working software each Friday.

  3. 03Weeks 8–10

    Hardening

    Performance, security, accessibility, test suite, observability.

  4. 04Week 11

    Production

    Staged deployment, hypercare, monitoring.

PHP in depth

Inside our PHP practice.

The long-form view of how we approach PHP engagements.

PHP, modern and fast

PHP gets a bad reputation that hasn't been earned in years. PHP 8.3+ is fast, strongly typed, and the Laravel / Symfony ecosystems have caught up with anything else in the web-framework space. We pair PHP with PostgreSQL, Redis, queues and OpenTelemetry — production discipline that legacy PHP teams sometimes skip.

What we deliver

  • Laravel — our primary PHP framework
  • Symfony — for enterprise-heavy applications and microservices
  • Custom PHP 8.3+ — when frameworks add more than they remove
  • Modernisation — legacy PHP 5.x / 7.x to PHP 8.3+, CodeIgniter / CakePHP to Laravel, monolith to micro-services

We also do Python, Node.js/JS and Java for stacks where they fit better.

Why Redian for PHP

What makes our PHP practice different.

Independent reasons clients pick us over freelancers, agencies and large consultancies.

  • Modern PHP only

    PHP 8.3+, strong typing, PHPStan, modern frameworks. Not legacy patterns dressed up.

  • Legacy migration specialty

    We modernise old PHP rather than rewriting from scratch — usually cheaper and lower-risk.

  • Production discipline

    Observability, queue workers, caching, deploy pipelines baked in.

  • Framework-agnostic

    Laravel, Symfony or custom — picked by fit, not religion.

Tech & tools

The PHP stack we ship on.

Production tooling — not just languages on a CV.

  • PHP 8.3+
  • Laravel 11+
  • Symfony 7+
  • Livewire
  • Filament
  • Doctrine ORM
  • Eloquent
  • Twig
  • Blade
  • Pest
  • PHPUnit
  • PHPStan
  • Composer
  • Symfony Messenger
  • API Platform
  • Redis
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Forge
  • Vapor
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • OpenTelemetry
Proof from production

A PHP project we can share publicly.

Most of our work is under NDA — this is one we can share.

E-commerceAustralia

OpenCart eCommerce Upgrade for an Australian Marine Fish Company

Client · Marine fish company based in Australia

  • 0

    SEO ranking loss

  • 5+ GB/day

    Log bloat eliminated

  • PHP 7

    Codebase modernised

Upgraded an Australian marine fish retailer from OpenCart 1.x to 2.x with zero SEO loss, while eliminating 5+ GB/day of PHP-warning log bloat.

Tech stack

OpenCartPHPMySQL
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Frequently asked questions

Everything you wanted to ask before the call.

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Isn't PHP outdated?

PHP 8.3+ is fast (often faster than Node.js for typical workloads), strongly typed and modern. The 'PHP is old' meme is from PHP 5.x days. Laravel and Symfony are as capable as any modern web framework.

Laravel vs Symfony?

Laravel for productivity, fast time-to-market, smaller-to-medium teams, SaaS products. Symfony for larger teams, microservices, enterprise architectures, message-driven systems. We deliver both.

Can you modernise our legacy PHP app?

Yes — that's a specialty. PHP 5.x/7.x → 8.3+, CodeIgniter/CakePHP/custom → Laravel/Symfony. Strangler-fig pattern: new functionality in the modern stack, legacy decomposed module by module.

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