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PHP still runs a large share of the web, so the pool is enormous, but it splits hard down the middle. On one side are people whose experience is mostly WordPress themes and legacy PHP 5 maintenance. On the other are engineers writing typed, tested Laravel or Symfony against modern PHP 8. Those two skills share a language and almost nothing else, so the real risk is hiring the first when the job needs the second.
What to look for
Ask what PHP version they run and whether they use strict types, enums, and Composer as a matter of course, because that alone separates current practice from 2014 habits. Look for real ORM awareness: someone who has hit an Eloquent N+1 and knows how they found it, not just how to write a query. A good story to probe is a production issue on a queue worker or under php-fpm, where memory leaks and long-running processes bite in ways a request-response mental model misses. Testing with PHPUnit or Pest as a habit, rather than an afterthought, is a strong signal.
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Ramakant Gangwar
Engineering Manager | Solution Architect | Platform Engineering Leader
Francis Atum
Full-Stack Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience
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Frequently asked questions
- How does codercops vet PHP developers?
- Builders publish a real profile with projects and experience, and our verified bench is the pool we trust most. For managed recruiting, founders interview every candidate before you see them, so you get call notes, not a stack of résumés.
- What should I look for when hiring a PHP developer?
- Ask what PHP version they run and whether they use strict types, enums, and Composer as a matter of course, because that alone separates current practice from 2014 habits. Look for real ORM awareness: someone who has hit an Eloquent N+1 and knows how they found it, not just how to write a query. A good story to probe is a production issue on a queue worker or under php-fpm, where memory leaks and long-running processes bite in ways a request-response mental model misses. Testing with PHPUnit or Pest as a habit, rather than an afterthought, is a strong signal.
- How much does it cost to hire PHP developers on codercops?
- Posting a role and browsing the bench is free. Managed recruiting, where we source, screen, and shortlist for you, is a one-time $100 advance plus a success fee billed only when you hire someone we present.
- How fast can I hire a PHP developer?
- Post the role in one chat and it goes live after a quick review. With managed recruiting we typically hand you a shortlist of three to five vetted PHP developers to run the final interview.