Techrays Labs

Technology / PHP

Custom PHP development company

Laravel and custom PHP platforms, plus upgrades for older codebases, delivered at a fixed price by senior engineers working AI-first.

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(01) What we build

What we build with PHP.

  • Laravel web platforms

    Portals, CRMs and booking systems on Laravel, a framework we use on live products.

  • E-commerce back ends

    Catalogue, orders, stock and payments, including Stripe checkout and order workflows.

  • Search-driven sites

    Listings and directories with fast filtering and full-text search using Elasticsearch.

  • Admin panels and dashboards

    Back-office screens with roles, audit trails and exports for your operations team.

  • Custom APIs

    Authenticated APIs for mobile apps and partners, with documentation and rate limits.

  • Legacy PHP upgrades

    Bring older PHP and unmaintained frameworks up to current versions in stages, keeping the site live.

(02) Why Techrays

Fixed price, AI-augmented, yours.

  • Clear scope for custom platforms

    PHP projects range from small sites to large platforms. We write the scope, price and date into one proposal, and anything you add later is quoted first, so the budget you approve remains the budget you spend.

  • Modern PHP, reviewed by people

    AI helps with scaffolding, tests and documentation, while engineers keep to current PHP standards, static analysis and code review. The result is clean code a new developer can read.

  • Open source from the start

    PHP, Laravel and MySQL or PostgreSQL are open source and widely supported by hosting providers. You receive the full code and deployment setup, so you can move hosts or teams whenever you want.

(03) Ecosystem

The PHP ecosystem we use.

  • PHP
  • Laravel
  • Livewire
  • Inertia
  • Vue.js
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Elasticsearch
  • Stripe
  • PHPUnit
  • Pest

(04) Process

From scope to launch.

  1. DAYS 1–3

    01

    Scope and framework

    We choose Laravel or Symfony for your case and agree the modules, integrations and data to migrate.

  2. WEEK 1

    02

    Schema and screens

    Database schema, queues and admin screens designed together so the app stays easy to extend.

  3. WEEKS 2–5

    03

    Build and test

    PHP 8 code with PHPUnit or Pest tests, static analysis and code review on each pull request.

  4. WEEK 6+

    04

    Release

    Security headers, caching and a zero-downtime deployment, with upgrade notes for future framework versions.

(05) Related

Keep exploring.

Want proof first? See the products we have shipped.

(06) FAQ

Questions, answered.

Is PHP still a good choice?

Yes. Modern PHP with Laravel is fast, well supported and has a deep hiring pool. It powers a large share of the web and suits business platforms, e-commerce and content-heavy products.

Can you work on WordPress or Magento?

Our focus is custom PHP and Laravel. We can integrate with an existing CMS through its APIs, and older Magento and WooCommerce work is scoped individually through our web development service. If your needs are mostly content, we will say if a hosted platform costs less than a custom build.

Do you build with Laravel or plain PHP?

Laravel for almost all new work, because it provides routing, queues, authentication and testing that would otherwise be written by hand. Laravel is a stack we have delivered in our own case studies. Plain PHP is for small, specific tasks.

Can you upgrade an old PHP version?

Yes. We run static analysis to find code that breaks on newer versions, add tests where they are missing and upgrade one version at a time. Moving off unsupported PHP also closes known security gaps.

How do you protect PHP applications?

Parameterised queries, output escaping, rate-limited sign-in, dependency scanning and regular updates. Secrets stay out of the repository, and permissions follow least privilege.

What does custom PHP development cost?

Fixed-price custom PHP projects start from about $6k for an MVP and rise with scope, integrations and compliance needs. You get a fixed quote after a free 30-minute scoping call, with scope, price and date in writing.

Do you offer custom PHP website and web application development?

Yes. We build custom PHP websites, portals and web applications on Laravel, from marketing sites with admin panels to booking systems and customer portals. Each one is scoped to your needs rather than started from a template.

Why choose custom PHP over a CMS such as WordPress?

A CMS suits content sites. Custom PHP suits products with their own workflows, roles, integrations and performance targets, without plugin bloat. We will tell you when a CMS is the better fit.

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