PHP Agency

A PHP project has no fixed rate, because two needs that look similar rarely call for the same work. The budget depends on the nature of the project: a targeted extension added to an existing WordPress site costs markedly less than a complete back office developed from scratch. We list with you the functions expected, the connections to your existing tools and the level of security required before pricing anything at all. Every PHP development is then priced on quotation, with a precise breakdown of the items covered, sent within 24 hours of that first scoping.

A targeted extension or module, added to an existing site, is developed in 21 to 30 days once the specification has been validated. A complete back office, with several user profiles and connections to your internal tools, calls for closer to 21 to 60 days, and up to 60 days if the scope covers several interdependent modules. The precise schedule is set once scoping is complete, with regular checkpoints to validate each function before it goes live. This pace leaves time to test each function before opening it to end users.

No, but the two do not answer the same need. PHP remains relevant for a content site, a shop or anything resting on WordPress, with code executed on each page. Node.js suits an API queried continuously by several applications or real-time data exchanges better. We choose one or the other according to the actual nature of your project, never out of habit or from a developer's personal preference. A well-built WordPress site and a Node.js API can in fact coexist on the same project, each on its own ground.

Yes, we regularly take over PHP code written by another team. The initial audit covers the version of the language used, the libraries still maintained and the known security flaws, often the most fragile point on an older project left without follow-up. This step separates what can stay as it is from what has to be reworked before adding a new function. You receive this report before any decision, so you can choose in full knowledge of the facts. This audit remains free when it precedes a project entrusted to our agency.

Yes, in the form of an optional annual package, whose content depends on the actual scope of your project: version updates, fixes for reported bugs and monitoring of service availability. A back office managing client files deserves regular follow-up, because an outage there often blocks the work of several teams at once. This package is never imposed: the code belongs to you from delivery onwards, whatever you choose afterwards for the rest of the project. You decide each year whether to renew it or not, with no automatic commitment.

Yes, without reservation. Code repository, technical documentation and hosting access are handed to you from delivery onwards, with no clause tying you to our agency in the long run. For a back office centralising sensitive files, this independence matters particularly, since it lets you entrust the rest of the project to another technical team if you wish, without depending on a single developer who alone would know how it works. This rule applies from the first line of code delivered, not only at the end of the project.

Clean PHP code, with no needless queries, reduces the server's response time, a criterion Google takes into account in its ranking. This is particularly true for a WordPress site weighed down by badly coded extensions, where each page triggers more queries than necessary. We check this point at the delivery of every project. The rest of search visibility depends above all on the content published, work we can take on if you wish. A fast site is never enough on its own to rank a page well on a competitive query.