PHP Development

Our talented team boasts decades of PHP programming experience.
We have a track record building and supporting projects of all sizes.

Why use PHP in 2024?

The PHP programming language has been around for over twenty years and is known to be the most frequently used by programmers around the world. PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development. Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world. It is faster than other web development technologies especially when used for simple applications.

Lucid Crystal - Depth of knowledge

Thanks to our advanced PHP experience, while many web development agencies are merely able to re-skin existing PHP tools such as WordPress and Drupal, our programmers are adept at the fundamentals of PHP programming and as a result we are able to build and finely optimise bespoke online technology for our clients.

PHP features we love

PHP is extremely flexible and combines well with other web development technologies, so there are more useful tools in our disposal

It is an open-source technology that allows reducing costs required to build, deploy, and maintain your application

PHP allows connection to a variety of supported relational databases like MySQL, mSQL, MS-SQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, and non-relational like MongoDB

There are numerous frameworks, such as Laravel and CodeIgniter, and various CMS, such as Wordpress and Drupal, that extend the functionality of PHP and make the development process easier

Since version 7, the use of PHP makes website pages load faster as compared to many other web development technologies. In its turn, lower loading time is an important SEO ranking factor that helps further promote a website by bringing competitive advantages

Part of the LAMP stack

The most common platform for a PHP website is the LAMP stack. It means that a website runs on an Apache HTTP web server deployed on a Linux system, and uses MySQL database. All these components are free and well-tested. With the extensive experience in the LAMP technology, our team of developers produce unmatchable quality solutions at most affordable prices

Examples of Our Work

Keep Fit Eat Fit Wellbeing
Keep Fit Eat Fit Wellbeing
What they do
An interactive complete wellbeing system for employees and individuals, featuring advice, guides, videos, podcasts and resources on exercise, nutrition, sleep, maternity, mental health, finance and retirement.

What we did
Ongoing development of each of the core apps, in a bespoke PHP environment utilising many modules including Laravel components. Our expertise in bringing together many resources into scoring algorithms was hudely beneficial in producing an integrated product covering all aspects of wellbeing. A layer of gamification on top added extra user engagement and retention. HR reporting and payment gateway integration lightened the administrative burden.
Technologies deployed
PHP
Third-party APIs
Laravel component
MySQL
AWS
Javascript/JQuery UI development
Driver Intelligence
Driver Intelligence
What they do
A multi-faceted and fully integrated driver and fleet risk management system provides clients with continual analysis, reporting and training for risk mitigation.
The Driver Intelligence System provides drivers with their individual account and activity lists to ensure compliance with company policies, while HR and Fleet management can report on and administer drivers and vehicles. Features include licence checking, fleet management, management of nominated drivers, incident processing, event booking and e-learning.
A sophisticated risk profiling module simplifies reporting and allows targeted intervention where higher risk is identified.

What we did
Working in close partnership with the Driver Intelligence team, we continually met to identify next development priorities, scope out required features and behaviours for new modules and develop iteratively to fine-tune the final product. Our technical input at all stages was essential to ensuring priorities were met and budgets were used wisely.
A modular approach allowed us to focus on key system improvements, while retaining an overall strategy to produce a fully featured system.
Technologies deployed
ColdFusion
Third-party APIs
MySQL
AWS
Javascript/JQuery UI development
Gap 360
Gap 360
What they do

Gap 360 are a travel company specialising in gap years and activity breaks.

Their website catalogues a wide range of different travel products with variations on features and duration, to dozens of destinations across six continents. This is complemented with a personalised approach offering travel advice and helping their customers prepare everything they need for their trip.

What we did

We took on support and development for Gap 360's business critical ERP and CRM system, built in ColdFusion. The first priority was to stabilise some performance issues which required ongoing monitoring, tweaking and benchmarking. This process was a huge success and very swiftly the system was running smoothly and reliably.

Our team also provided development of some key features, including product management and financial reporting. In a wide ranging system this required knowledge of various aspects of how the modules worked together to ensure improvements were delivered bug-free.
Technologies deployed

ColdFusion

Third-party APIs

Web services

MySQL

Javascript/JQuery UI development
Epic Activation
Epic Activation
What they do

Epic Activation specialise in brand engagement and digital promotions. They have built a system that enables the setup, management and fulfilment of promotional campaigns including competitions. They provide consultancy and support to their clients and added services include prize sourcing, micro site builds, handling and fulfilment.

What we did

We designed, engineered and developed a unique platform in the PHP Laravel framework in order to facilitate a variety of promotional campaign configurations. Each campaign can be configured according to requirement, from prize draws to lucky winning moments to mini games. The solution is a generic and flexible tool that allows the Epic team to define new campaigns and run them to conclusion. A layer of real-time reporting and data exporting completes the toolset.

Of key importance was the performance of some core algorithms dealing with large volumes of data, from random code generation, to random winning moments across a number of configured settings.
Technologies deployed

PHP

Laravel

Third-party APIs

MySQL

Blade templating

Lucid Crystal experience

Examples of some of the bespoke systems our team has built include:

Customer Portals
Customer Management Systems
Lead Management Systems
Online Booking Engines
Risk Assessment Systems
Survey Tools
Content Management Systems
E-commerce and digital delivery platforms

Our flexible work doesn't stop at what we've done before - if you have specific requirements for your online technology then contact us today for a free consultation.

What Our Clients Say

“ Dan and the team are diligent, challenge my decision making when they think there is a better way and are pro active, making suggestions to help expand the system further. They are careful in their planning, building, testing and execution. They are clearly extremely proud of what they do. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Lucid Crystal to anyone who needs a software development team. ”

Neil Mandel, MD, Epic Activation

“ Lucid Crystal has developed and supported our mission critical fleet risk management system for many years and have always been reliable, flexible and professional. Their meticulous approach to development - collaborating with us to understand the full extent of our needs, while suggesting practical alternatives where an additional benefit or cost saving can be achieved - has helped our business continually boost productivity and reduce ongoing costs. ”

Richard Burgess, Driver Intelligence

“ A superb, knowledgeable and friendly dev company. I’ve worked with Dan for many years and always get service at very reasonable rates. He undertakes a lot of work and support on our ColdFusion platform and also helps out with other PHP tasks. Always offers expert advanced advice = I’d highly recommend this top team! ”

James Jeremy, Gap 360

“ We hooked up with Dan as he was recommended to us by a friend, great friend, and this has been a great working relationship from day one. If I were to sum up for anyone who is thinking about using Dan and the team is they are unflustered, have seen it all before, and are a real safe pair of hands. ”

Mark Nicoll, Keep Fit Eat Fit Wellbeing

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PHP Development

Why use PHP in 2024?

Lucid Crystal - Depth of knowledge

PHP features we love

Part of the LAMP stack

Examples of Our Work

Keep Fit Eat Fit Wellbeing

What they do

What we did

Technologies deployed

Driver Intelligence

What they do

What we did

Technologies deployed

Gap 360

What they do

What we did

Technologies deployed

Epic Activation

What they do

What we did

Technologies deployed

Lucid Crystal experience

What Our Clients Say

Please contact us for a consultation