Hire a PHP Developer from Pakistan
Hire a dedicated PHP developer from Pakistan — Laravel, WordPress, WooCommerce, and API integrations. Formal company contract. Onboard in under a week.
Monthly rate
$1,200 – $2,200
Full-time / month · USD
Western equivalent: ~$5,500/mo
Save up to 60% vs AU / UK / US hire
Contract & NDA included
Exclusive to your account
Onboard in 7 business days
Part-time available
Why Codalyst Tech
A company hire, not a freelancer
Your PHP Developer works under a Codalyst Tech company contract , NDA, IP assignment, and a clear escalation path are included as standard.
Formal company contract and NDA , not a freelancer arrangement
Exclusive assignment: your developer does not split time across clients
Pre-vetted and interview-approved before you commit to onboarding
Fully onboarded within 7 business days of contract signing
Cost comparison
What does a PHP Developer cost?
US / UK / AUS market
~$5,500
per month, full-time
- Standard market rate
- Usually on-site or local remote
- Freelance or agency overhead
Via Codalyst Tech
$1,200 – $2,200
per month, full-time
- Company contract & NDA included
- Exclusive assignment to your account
- Save up to 60% vs Western rates
Rates are indicative. Actual rate depends on seniority and engagement length. No hidden fees.
Role details
What does a dedicated PHP Developer do?
A PHP developer at Codalyst Tech handles a wide range of server-side engineering work — from custom WordPress theme and plugin development to WooCommerce store customisation and modern PHP 8 OOP applications with Composer-managed dependencies. They bring experience migrating legacy codebases from PHP 5 procedural patterns to typed, tested PHP 8, and the security discipline to audit and harden any WordPress or standalone PHP application against injection and authentication vulnerabilities.
- Build and maintain custom WordPress themes with Advanced Custom Fields, custom post types, and section-based page builders
- Extend WooCommerce with custom checkout flows, subscription handling, and third-party warehouse or ERP integrations
- Migrate legacy PHP 5 codebases to modern PHP 8 with PSR-4 autoloading, typed properties, and match expressions
- Write all database queries using PDO prepared statements or wpdb — never concatenating user input into raw SQL strings
- Manage Composer dependencies with semantic versioning, dependency pinning, and upgrade testing protocols
- Configure WordPress REST API endpoints and authentication for headless frontend consumption via Next.js or React
Scope of work
What your PHP Developer will build
- Custom WordPress themes with Advanced Custom Fields, custom post types, and headless WP REST API configurations for decoupled frontends
- WooCommerce stores with custom checkout flows, subscription handling, and third-party warehouse ERP integrations
- Legacy PHP codebase refactors: migrating from procedural PHP 5 to modern PHP 8 OOP with proper autoloading
- Standalone REST APIs in PHP 8 without a framework — for performance-critical microservices or vendor integrations
Vetting process
How we screen PHP Developer candidates
PHP 8 modern features
Uses enums, union types, named arguments, and match expressions — not relying on PHP 7 patterns in new code.
WordPress security
Sanitises and escapes all user input, uses nonces for form submissions, and never exposes wp-config.php. Can audit a plugin for common injection vulnerabilities.
Dependency management
Uses Composer effectively: PSR-4 autoloading, semantic versioning, and handles package updates without breaking changes.
Database interaction
Uses PDO or wpdb with prepared statements consistently. Never constructs raw SQL strings by concatenating user input.
Interview guidance
Interview questions to ask your PHP Developer
How would you add a recurring subscription product to WooCommerce that syncs with an external billing system?
Why ask: Tests WooCommerce API knowledge, webhook handling, and idempotent payment processing.
You inherit a PHP application with no tests and poor performance. What do you do first?
Why ask: Reveals prioritisation: profiling before optimising, adding test coverage before refactoring.
How would you securely expose WordPress content to a React frontend via the REST API?
Why ask: Tests authentication (JWT or Application Passwords), CORS configuration, and output sanitisation.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does a dedicated PHP developer from Pakistan cost?
- PHP developers through Codalyst Tech cost USD 1,200–2,200/month full-time, versus USD 4,500–6,500/month in the UK or Australia.
- Can your PHP developers work on WordPress and WooCommerce?
- Yes. Our PHP developers handle custom WordPress theme and plugin development, WooCommerce store customisation, and headless WordPress (using WP as a CMS with a React frontend).
- Do your PHP developers know Laravel?
- Yes. Laravel expertise is standard across our PHP team. Our developers use Laravel for modern API-driven projects and maintain legacy PHP codebases in parallel when needed.
- What hosting environments do your PHP developers work with?
- Our PHP developers are comfortable on shared hosting, VPS (Ubuntu/Debian with Nginx), Forge + Envoyer deployments, and containerised environments using Docker and Docker Compose.
Ready to hire a PHP Developer?
Send us your requirements and timezone. We present matched candidates and onboard within 7 business days.