PHP Support & Upgrades
for Australian businesses.

PHP 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4: all end-of-life. No security patches, no bug fixes. Hosting providers are dropping support. If your application runs on an EOL PHP version, upgrading is not optional. It is a security requirement.

We upgrade PHP applications to PHP 8.1, 8.2, or 8.3. This means fixing deprecated functions, updating type declarations, handling strict typing changes, resolving incompatible library versions, and testing everything. It is not just changing a version number.

PHP 8 introduced significant changes: named arguments, union types, match expressions, constructor promotion, fibers, and enums. Some of these require code changes. We handle the compatibility work so your application runs correctly on the new version.

PHP applications with known vulnerabilities: SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, insecure file uploads, session management issues, or outdated dependencies with CVEs. We audit, identify, and fix security issues.

Composer dependency audit. Every package checked against known vulnerability databases. Outdated packages updated or replaced. Abandoned packages swapped for maintained alternatives.

Server-level PHP security: disable dangerous functions, restrict file uploads, configure session security, enable HTTPS enforcement, set proper Content-Security-Policy headers. The application and the server both need to be secure.

Laravel 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x to Laravel 10 or 11. CakePHP 2.x to 5.x. Symfony 3.x to 7.x. CodeIgniter 3 to 4. Framework upgrades require migrating deprecated features, updating routing, handling breaking changes, and testing.

Laravel upgrades are the most common request. Each major version introduces breaking changes: middleware, routing, authentication, queue configuration, and Eloquent. We follow the official upgrade guides and test thoroughly.

Sometimes a framework upgrade is not practical. The application is too old, the framework version gap too large, or the codebase too tangled. In those cases, we recommend a rebuild using the modern framework version as the foundation.

Monthly support plans for PHP applications. Bug fixes, security patches, performance monitoring, and small feature requests. A developer who knows your codebase, available when you need them.

Proactive monitoring: uptime checks, error tracking, performance metrics, and dependency vulnerability scanning. Issues caught before they become outages. Monthly reports showing what was done and what needs attention.

Previous developer left? We take over PHP codebases. Audit the code, document the architecture, set up proper deployment pipelines, and start maintaining it. No judgement about the state of the code. We just fix it and move forward.

Slow PHP application? We profile, identify bottlenecks, and fix them. Common issues: N+1 database queries, missing indexes, no caching, synchronous processing of heavy tasks, and unoptimised Composer autoloading.

OPcache configuration, query optimisation, Redis or Memcached caching, queue workers for background processing, and CDN configuration for static assets. The combination of these improvements is usually dramatic.

Load testing to verify the application handles expected traffic. If the server infrastructure is the bottleneck, we recommend scaling strategies: horizontal scaling, load balancing, or moving to a more appropriate hosting tier.