Your PHP application served you well. Now it's a risk.
We rebuild aging PHP applications and WordPress sites as modern serverless platforms on AWS — business logic untangled, data and SEO migrated, and nothing left that can reach end of life again.
- Your system keeps running during the rebuild
- Data, business logic and SEO carried over
- No PHP runtime left to reach end of life
- You own the code and the AWS account
How PHP systems quietly become liabilities
Nobody replaces working software because it's old. They replace it because the risk finally outweighs the comfort. These are the signals we hear most often:
- "The developer who built it retired — nobody fully understands the code anymore."
- "Our host says our PHP version is end of life and won't be supported."
- "We're afraid touching anything will break the business."
- "Every PHP upgrade breaks a plugin, and every plugin update breaks something else."
- "We keep paying developers just to keep it alive — it never actually gets better."
- "Security scanners keep flagging it, and we can't tell what's actually dangerous."
If two or more of these sound like your system, a rebuild is usually cheaper than another year of patching. Ask us to check — it's free.
A rebuild, not a risky "upgrade"
We don't patch the old system — we rebuild it as a modern serverless application on AWS while the original keeps running untouched. Everything that makes your system yours comes along.
Business logic, untangled
Years of accumulated rules, edge cases and workarounds live in your PHP code — and they're the most valuable part. We read the old system from the inside, map what it really does, and rebuild the logic cleanly. Nothing your business depends on gets lost.
Your data, migrated safely
Customers, orders, history — everything moves from your MySQL or legacy database into a professionally designed data model. We migrate, verify against the original, and keep the old database as a fallback until you're confident.
Your SEO, preserved
Rankings you built over years don't get thrown away. URLs are kept or redirected one-to-one, metadata carries over, and the new site is dramatically faster — which helps rankings rather than hurting them.
Nothing left to patch
The serverless result has no PHP runtime, no server and no plugins — so there's no version that can reach end of life and no weekly security patching. Infrastructure is Amazon's problem now, not yours.
Why not just upgrade PHP again?
You can — and in some cases you should, and we'll tell you so. But be honest about what each path buys you:
Upgrade PHP one more time
The treadmill
- Pay a developer to upgrade the runtime and fix what breaks
- Same aging codebase, same plugins, same attack surface
- The next end-of-life notice is already scheduled
- Repeat every few years, forever
Rebuild once, serverless
The exit
- A one-time investment in a system designed to last a decade
- No runtime, no server, no plugins — nothing to patch, ever
- Infrastructure costs usually drop to a few dollars a month
- Fully documented and owned by you — no dependence on any one person
Your system stays up the whole time
The biggest fear about replacing a legacy system is the switchover. Here's exactly what happens — and when you can still say no.
Free assessment
We review your PHP system and tell you honestly what's worth keeping, what's holding you back, and what a rebuild would involve and cost. Sometimes the answer is "just upgrade" — we'll say so.
Map & model
We map your existing business logic and data, then design the new data model around how your business actually works. You approve the plan before a single line of code is written.
Build in parallel
The new system is built on AWS while your PHP system keeps running untouched. You review progress on a live preview link — with your real data in it, so you can compare side by side.
Migrate & switch
We do a final data migration, switch your domain over, and keep the old system as a fallback until you're confident. Minimal downtime — usually none your customers would notice.
Why trust us with PHP
We've run a PHP system in production for 14 years
One of our own systems — an after-school activities management platform — is PHP, 14 years in production with zero support tickets. A serverless rebuild is now in planning, only because the aging PHP runtime is reaching end of life. The design never did.
We know legacy PHP from the inside — which is exactly what makes us good at replacing it. The same studio has since built HIPAA-regulated healthcare platforms and a complete school management system, all serverless on AWS.
See the systems we've built →Legacy PHP migration questions
How long does a PHP to serverless migration take?
It depends on how much your system does, not how old it is. A content-heavy site is typically weeks; a system with accounts, workflows and integrations is typically a few months. After the free assessment you'll have a concrete timeline for your system, not a generic estimate.
Will we lose our Google rankings?
No — protecting them is part of the job. Every URL is kept or redirected one-to-one, titles and metadata carry over, and the rebuilt site loads dramatically faster, which search engines reward. Done properly, a migration is an SEO upgrade, not a reset.
Our PHP application is heavily customized. Is that a problem?
That's our core work, not an exception. Heavily customized systems are usually the most valuable ones — the custom logic is why the business runs on them. We read the existing code, map what it really does, and rebuild it cleanly. Years of accumulated business logic are not a blocker; untangling them is part of the job.
What happens to our data during the migration?
It's migrated from your existing database into the new system, verified against the original, and your old database stays intact as a fallback until you're confident. You review the new system with your real data in it before anything switches over.
Do we need to learn AWS to run the new system?
No. Every project comes with the option of full management: we oversee hosting, domain, security, monitoring and costs. The AWS account stays in your name and everything in it is yours, but you never need to log in or learn a single thing about the cloud.
Find out what your PHP system is really costing you
Tell us about your current system and you'll get a free, honest assessment straight from the developer: what's worth keeping, what's holding you back, timeline, cost, and what you'd gain. No obligation.
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