Cilantrobyte.

Tech Stacks · Backend

PHP

The foundation most of the internet still runs on.

Category

Backend

At the studio

Since 2019

Projects shipped

Numerous

Status

Active

(01) Our take

Modern PHP — 8.3 and up — is a perfectly reasonable language to write in 2026. The type system has improved, the performance is excellent, and the hosting economics are unbeatable. We won't pretend it's our first choice for greenfield work, but we'll never sneer at it.

We touch PHP most often through Laravel or WordPress engagements. On the rare occasion we write PHP without a framework, it's for tiny utilities or integrations where adding Laravel would be overkill.

(02) What we build with it

Typical work

  • Laravel engagements (see separate entry)
  • WordPress theme and plugin development
  • Legacy PHP modernisation
  • Integration scripts for PHP-heavy infrastructures

(03) How we engage

Engagement shape

Almost always via Laravel or WordPress — we rarely engage on raw PHP work.

(04) Pairs with

Works well with

Technologies we reach for alongside PHP in most engagements.

Backend

Laravel

When PHP is the right answer.

Commerce

WordPress

Still powering a third of the internet — and sometimes that's fine.

Data

MySQL

When the client already runs it and there's no good reason to migrate.

Data

PostgreSQL

The default database. For almost everything.

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