Brief
You describe the users, the job to be done, current tools and any hard date or constraint. A page is enough.
Technologies
PHP development for serious business applications, not a 2009 stereotype
PHP, via Laravel and modern language versions, remains a production workhorse at Hirvex Technologies. We write typed, tested PHP for products that take payments, permissions and reports seriously.
Who this is for. Companies with PHP estates or who want a pragmatic backend for a business product.
Problems we typically meet
These are the patterns that show up before a useful first release—not abstract “digital transformation” language.
- A legacy PHP app has no framework and no tests.
- Hosting is stuck on an old runtime.
- The team is ashamed of PHP instead of upgrading it.
- A rewrite was proposed because the folder felt messy.
How we approach the work
Upgrade the runtime, introduce structure, extract the domain. Full rewrites only when the assessment says the old shape cannot be saved.
What a serious first release can include
Scope is confirmed in discovery. This is the shape of work we are equipped to deliver—not a menu you must buy in full.
- Modern PHP applications
- Laravel-centred delivery
- Legacy PHP containment and migration
- PHP APIs for mobile and JS clients
What we need from you
A useful brief is better than a long one. If you can answer most of the following, we can propose a first slice instead of a theatre estimate.
- Who will use this, and what must they finish in a session?
- Which systems must stay (accounting, payments, identity, a shop)?
- What is already live that we should not break?
- Any hosting region, language or compliance rule that is non-negotiable?
- The date that actually matters—and why.
How an engagement runs
Four steps. No mystery bench.
Scope
We reply with clarifying questions and a first-release outline: modules, roles, integrations and what “done” means.
Build
Named engineers work in visible increments, with staging you can click and a weekly written status.
Run
Launch, handover and a support path. The system is yours to operate—not a black box we disappear from.
Questions we are asked
Is PHP still appropriate for new products?
Yes, for a large class of business systems. The language and Laravel have moved on. Snobbery is not an architecture.
Will you maintain WordPress?
WordPress can be a valid CMS. It is not our centre of gravity. We will say if a WP plugin maze is the wrong tool for an operational product.
Start a conversation
If this is the work in front of you
Send the users, the job to be done and any hard constraint. We will answer as engineers—not with a canned brochure.