Laravel · Symfony · WordPress/Woo

PHP Development Services
in Dubai & UAE

PHP specialists in Dubai building Laravel platforms, hardening WordPress/WooCommerce stores and rescuing legacy PHP apps — fixed price, fully owned code.From AED 25,000 • 100% code ownership • Senior engineers only

100%Code Ownership
24hQuote Turnaround
12moSupport SLA
PHP Development for UAE Businesses

Laravel 11 • PHP 8.3 • WooCommerce

JBC Express — Logistics app built by Control Shift
Salamah Drivers — Mobility app built by Control Shift

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Tell us about your php development requirement. A senior engineer — not a salesperson — reviews your brief and sends a scoped, fixed-price proposal within one business day.

  • Fixed price from AED 25,000 — scoped in 24 hours
  • Modern PHP 8.3 with strict types and automated tests
  • Security hardening for WordPress and custom PHP alike
  • 100% source-code ownership on every project

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Updated for 2026 · Dubai & UAE

PHP Done Properly, Not Just Cheaply

Half the web runs on PHP — including most UAE SMB catalogues, booking sites and stores. Our Dubai team treats PHP as a first-class engineering stack: Laravel for product platforms, disciplined WordPress/WooCommerce for content-commerce, and careful migrations off end-of-life PHP versions.

If you have inherited a spaghetti PHP application, we audit it, stabilise it and incrementally modernise it — often without a full rewrite budget.

Dubai Delivery Team

PHP Services We Provide

Product engineering, commerce and rescue work across the modern PHP ecosystem.

Laravel Applications

Eloquent-first products with queues, events, policies and Filament admin panels.

WooCommerce Builds

Fast, secure stores with Arabic/English support and local payment gateways.

Custom Modules

Extend existing platforms — CRMs, ERPs and booking engines — without breaking upgrades.

Version Upgrades

Move PHP 5.x/7.x estates to 8.3 safely with dependency and behaviour audits.

Security Hardening

Patch management, WAF rules, malware cleanup and ongoing update retainers.

Performance Work

OPcache, Redis object caching, query profiling and CDN tuning for speed.

Why Control Shift

Why UAE Teams Choose Us for PHP Development

Framework Discipline

Laravel/Symfony conventions keep bespoke PHP maintainable for years.

Commerce Know-How

Payment gateways, VAT settings and Arabic RTL handled natively.

Rescue Experience

We inherit other agencies' codebases regularly — no judgement, just fixes.

PHP Development Cost in Dubai

From AED 25,000 covers focused engagements. Larger programmes are scoped into fixed-price phases — you always approve the number before we start.

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How It Works

From Brief to Build

Scope tightly, build cleanly, ship fast — then keep it patched and fast.

01

Discovery & Scoping

We audit your requirements and systems, then lock a fixed scope, timeline and price within 24 hours.

02

Design & Architecture

Solution design reviewed with your stakeholders before a single line of production code.

03

Build & Integrate

Weekly demos on staging. Integrations, security and performance handled as we go.

04

Launch & Support

Go-live with training and documentation, then optional SLA-backed maintenance.

Client Stories

Trusted by Visionary Founders

Digital Strategy

"Control Shift has been instrumental in reshaping our digital strategy. Their commitment to excellence and deep industry knowledge set them apart."

Asif Shuja

Asif Shuja

FOUNDER GEOPOCONSULT

Custom Solutions

"Control Shift raised our online presence, and their solutions fit the way we actually run our business."

Hasan Dweik

Hasan Dweik

CEO ULTRATEC 3D

Innovative Execution

"Control Shift delivered strong results for our brand — they executed cleanly from day one."

Yasir Arafeh

Yasir Arafeh

CEO ULTRATEC 4D

Digital Strategy

"Control Shift has been instrumental in reshaping our digital strategy. Their commitment to excellence and deep industry knowledge set them apart."

Asif Shuja

Asif Shuja

FOUNDER GEOPOCONSULT

Custom Solutions

"Control Shift raised our online presence, and their solutions fit the way we actually run our business."

Hasan Dweik

Hasan Dweik

CEO ULTRATEC 3D

Innovative Execution

"Control Shift delivered strong results for our brand — they executed cleanly from day one."

Yasir Arafeh

Yasir Arafeh

CEO ULTRATEC 4D

Digital Strategy

"Control Shift has been instrumental in reshaping our digital strategy. Their commitment to excellence and deep industry knowledge set them apart."

Asif Shuja

Asif Shuja

FOUNDER GEOPOCONSULT

Custom Solutions

"Control Shift raised our online presence, and their solutions fit the way we actually run our business."

Hasan Dweik

Hasan Dweik

CEO ULTRATEC 3D

Innovative Execution

"Control Shift delivered strong results for our brand — they executed cleanly from day one."

Yasir Arafeh

Yasir Arafeh

CEO ULTRATEC 4D

Sourced & Verified

The Business of Software

Sourced context on why custom software is built and maintained.

Software engineering applies engineering discipline to the design, development, testing and maintenance of software systems.[1]

Software maintenance and evolution typically account for a significant share of a product's total lifetime cost, which is why ongoing support matters as much as initial development.[1]

Sources & References

  1. [1]Software engineering — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering
FAQ

Common Questions

Custom modules and store builds start around AED 25,000; full Laravel platforms typically AED 50,000–180,000 depending on integrations. Fixed quotes within 24 hours.

For content-led sites, e-commerce and SMB platforms, absolutely — PHP 8.x with Laravel is fast, secure and cost-effective. For heavy real-time systems we may recommend Node.js or Go instead.

Yes. We isolate the infection, clean the codebase, rotate credentials, patch plugins and put monitoring plus update processes in place to prevent recurrence.

Regularly. We add features, write missing tests, upgrade major versions and refactor problem areas incrementally while the app keeps running.

Yes — RTL themes, Arabic checkout copy, Emirati payment methods and 5% VAT configuration come standard with our WooCommerce builds.

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  • We respond within 12 hours
  • NDA available on request
  • Dedicated consultant specialists

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