PHP has powered a huge share of the web for many years — from small sites to highly scalable enterprise apps.
Thanks to modern frameworks like Laravel, PHP today is performant, secure and versatile.
Why PHP?
- Web‑native: Designed for the web, ideal for server‑side apps.
- Vast ecosystem: WordPress, Shopware 6 and Laravel all run on PHP.
- Stability & longevity: Many successful large projects run on PHP.
- Modern features: Typing, OOP, namespaces, attributes, excellent performance since PHP 8.x.
Typical use cases:
- APIs & microservices
- E‑commerce platforms
- SaaS products
- CMS and shop development
Services with PHP
- Custom backend development with or without Laravel.
- API design (REST & GraphQL) with clear versioning.
- Legacy refactoring: Modernise older PHP applications.
- Testing & CI/CD: PHPUnit, Pest, integration into pipelines.
Example projects
- Custom API for a headless shop system.
- Refactoring a legacy codebase from PHP 5 to PHP 8.
- Microservice architecture for data-intensive apps.
Architecture & patterns
- Clean architecture & hexagonal approaches for modular, testable services
- Event-driven flows with message queues and domain events
- Multi-tenant strategies (schema per tenant, row-level security, shared DB setups)
- CQRS & read-model optimisations for complex business logic
Tooling & quality
- Composer, PHPStan/Psalm, Rector for consistency and automated upgrades
- Coding standards (PSR) plus Git hooks and conventional commits
- Automated pipelines with PHPUnit/Pest, Infection (mutation testing), coverage reporting
- Observability via Monolog, Sentry and OpenTelemetry exporters
Migration & maintenance
- Incremental modernisation of legacy codebases (namespaces, dependency injection, services)
- Performance tuning (OPcache, JIT, profiling with Blackfire/Xdebug)
- Deployment strategies including blue/green releases and feature flags
- Documentation, maintenance plans and knowledge transfer for internal teams
Conclusion
PHP is a reliable backbone of modern web development.
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