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DESSS is a PHP development company in Austin, with an office at 3218 Gonzales Street. We build Laravel and Symfony applications, APIs and WordPress or Drupal platforms for Austin teams.
Austin startups often choose Laravel to build SaaS products quickly, while publishers, nonprofits and associations rely on WordPress and Drupal for content. We also build headless setups, where WordPress manages content behind a modern JavaScript front end.
Our Austin developers can work alongside your product team in person. See our main PHP web development page.
Custom applications
Portals, internal tools and APIs built around your workflow.
Proven frameworks
Laravel and Symfony for applications, WordPress and Drupal for content.
Upgrades included
Older PHP applications moved to supported PHP 8 releases safely.
Local Austin office
Our Austin office is at 3218 Gonzales St, so planning sessions and workshops can happen in person.
AUSTIN SCENARIOS
PHP development projects we see in Austin
These are the PHP projects Austin organizations ask us about most.
Laravel SaaS
Subscription products with billing, teams and permissions.
Headless WordPress
WordPress content served to a React or Next.js front end.
Publishing platforms
Editorial workflows and high-traffic content sites.
Member portals
Membership, events and dues for associations and nonprofits.
App back ends
APIs and admin panels for mobile applications.
Performance tuning
Caching and query tuning for growing traffic.
PHP SERVICES
What our PHP development covers
PHP powers everything from content sites to business applications. These are the areas we work in.
WordPress and Drupal
Do you build on WordPress and Drupal? Yes. When content editing is central, we build custom themes, plugins and modules, or use the CMS headlessly behind a separate front end.
See our WordPress development and Drupal development pages.
–Custom themes and blocks
–Plugins and modules
–Headless CMS
–Editor workflows
APIs and integrations
Can PHP applications integrate with our other systems? Yes. We build REST and GraphQL APIs and connect PHP applications to ERP, CRM, payment, shipping and marketing platforms.
–REST and GraphQL
–Payment gateways
–ERP and CRM connectors
–Webhooks and queues
PHP version upgrades
How do you upgrade an old PHP application? We inventory dependencies, use static analysis to find deprecated code, add tests around critical paths and upgrade to a supported PHP 8 release in stages. PHP 8.1 reached end of life at the end of 2025.
Our PHP consulting team can audit the code first.
–Dependency inventory
–Static analysis
–Test safety net
–Staged rollout
HOW WE WORK
How a PHP project runs
Six steps take a PHP project from first conversation to a supported application.
STEP 01
Discover
Users, workflows and the first release.
STEP 02
Architect
Framework, data model, integrations and hosting.
STEP 03
Build
Two-week sprints with working demos.
STEP 04
Test
Automated tests, code review and security checks.
STEP 05
Launch
Automated deployment and data migration.
STEP 06
Support
Updates, fixes and new features.
WHY DESSS
Why Austin teams choose DESSS for PHP development
A PHP partner should leave you with an application any good PHP developer can understand.
Tested releases
Automated tests and code review are part of every sprint.
Long-term support
We keep PHP, frameworks and dependencies up to date after launch.
An Austin office
Our consultants work from East Austin, close to your team for workshops, reviews and launch support.
Yes. DESSS provides PHP development company in Austin.Our Austin office at 3218 Gonzales St works with local teams in person and remotely.
Yes. WordPress can manage content while a separate front end, often built with Next.js or React, displays it. This combines easy editing with a fast, modern website.
WordPress is a PHP content management system. Custom PHP development, usually with Laravel or Symfony, builds an application around your specific workflow. We use whichever fits the project.
PHP IN AUSTIN
Planning a PHP project in Austin?
Book a call to discuss what you need to build or upgrade.
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