PHP

PHP

Solid backends, APIs and services with PHP.

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.
I build performant, clean and sustainable solutions.