PHP Development

Custom Web Apps, Hand-Coded to Spec

Not everything needs to be WordPress. When your project calls for a purpose-built PHP application — a portal, dashboard, API, or custom tool — I build it clean, secure, and exactly to your requirements.

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Client & Member Portals

Custom login portals with role-based access — for clients, members, employees, or partners. Secure, clean, and tailored to your specific user flow.

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Admin Dashboards

Data management interfaces for your team — custom CRUD applications, reporting panels, and internal tools that don't need to be public-facing websites.

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API Development & Integration

Custom REST APIs, webhook handlers, and integrations between platforms that don't talk to each other natively — built with proper authentication and error handling.

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Data Processing Tools

Import/export pipelines, bulk data processors, scheduled reports, and ETL workflows — PHP scripts built to handle real-world data volumes reliably.

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Booking & Scheduling Systems

Custom booking flows, appointment schedulers, calendar integrations, and availability logic — purpose-built for your specific use case.

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Legacy PHP Modernization

Have an old PHP application that works but is held together with duct tape? I can modernize it — refactoring to OOP, upgrading to PHP 8.x, adding security hardening.

How I Build PHP Apps

Clean Code. Real Standards. Maintainable Systems.

I write PHP the way it should be written today — object-oriented, namespaced, following modern practices that make the code maintainable for years, not just days after delivery.

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PHP 8.x OOP Architecture

Typed properties, constructor promotion, named arguments, enums — modern PHP features that make code readable and reliable.

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Security First

Prepared statements, input validation, output escaping, session security, CSRF protection — baked in from the start, not bolted on after.

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MySQL / MariaDB

Proper schema design, indexed queries, and efficient data structures — built for performance from the start.

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AI-Accelerated Prototyping

I use Claude and ChatGPT to rapidly prototype logic, generate boilerplate, and explore approaches — reducing build time without reducing quality.

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Documentation Included

Every application ships with developer documentation — so future developers (including future me) can understand what was built and why.

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/**
 * Third-party API integration client.
 * Type-safe, retry-aware, PSR-compliant.
 */
namespace ISD\Integrations;

class ApiClient {

    public function __construct(
        private readonly string $base_url,
        private readonly string $api_key,
        private int $retries = 3,
    ) {}

    public function get( string $endpoint ): array {
        $attempt = 0;
        do {
            $response = $this->request( 'GET', $endpoint );
            if ( $response['status'] === 200 ) {
                return $response['body'];
            }
            sleep( 2 ** $attempt ); // exponential back-off
        } while ( ++$attempt < $this->retries );

        throw new ApiException( 'Max retries reached' );
    }
}