Did your old PHP website stop working after a server or PHP upgrade?
Older websites built for PHP 5 or outdated PHP versions can suddenly start showing errors, broken pages or completely stop working when the hosting environment is upgraded.
You may not need a completely new website.
We can review the existing code, repair compatibility problems and modernize the agreed parts of your application for current PHP environments.
✓ Website stopped working after PHP upgrade
✓ PHP 5 / legacy PHP compatibility problems
✓ Deprecated or removed PHP functions
✓ Old MySQL database functions
✓ Database connection errors
✓ PHP warnings and fatal errors
✓ Outdated libraries and dependencies
✓ Vulnerable legacy code
✓ Insecure database queries
✓ Old or vulnerable forms
✓ Broken functionality after server migration
✓ Other legacy PHP compatibility issues
A lot has changed between old PHP versions and modern PHP.
Code written many years ago may rely on functions and libraries that are no longer supported.
Where applicable, we can modernize the agreed code by:
• Replacing deprecated functions
• Updating outdated PHP syntax
• Converting legacy database code to PDO / MySQLi
• Improving database query security
• Updating compatible dependencies
• Fixing PHP version compatibility issues
• Improving error handling
• Addressing identified security weaknesses
• Cleaning up problematic legacy code
Older PHP applications frequently use outdated database functions that are no longer supported by modern PHP.
Where required within the agreed scope, we can replace legacy database handling with a modern approach such as:
PDO or MySQLi
This can include:
✓ Updated database connections
✓ Prepared statements where appropriate
✓ Safer query handling
✓ Compatibility with modern PHP environments
Old software can contain security weaknesses that were acceptable or overlooked when the application was originally developed.
As part of the agreed modernization work, we review relevant legacy code for issues such as:
• Unsafe database queries
• Input handling problems
• Vulnerable forms
• Outdated dependencies
• Insecure coding patterns
• Other obvious security weaknesses within the reviewed scope
Where included, identified issues are patched as part of the modernization.
If your existing application already performs the job your business needs, rebuilding the entire system from scratch may not always be necessary.
Sometimes the better solution is:
Keep the working business logic.
Replace the outdated technical parts.
Make the application compatible with a modern environment.
That's what this service is designed for.
1. Purchase the service
Complete your order through eBay.
2. Send us the project details
Through eBay Messages, tell us:
• Current PHP version
• Target PHP version, if known
• What stopped working
• Any error messages you're seeing
• Whether the problem started after a hosting/server upgrade
Screenshots of errors are also helpful.
3. We review the legacy code
We identify the compatibility, database, dependency and security problems within the agreed scope.
4. We patch & modernize
We update the agreed legacy components and repair the identified problems.
5. We test
We test the affected functionality against the agreed target environment.
Depending on the project and agreed scope:
✓ Legacy PHP compatibility fixes
✓ Deprecated function replacement
✓ Database code modernization
✓ PDO / MySQLi conversion where required
✓ Dependency updates where applicable
✓ Security patches
✓ Form security improvements
✓ PHP error fixes
✓ Testing after modernization
✓ Summary of important changes
• Old business websites
• Legacy PHP applications
• Custom PHP systems
• Internal business tools
• Older customer portals
• Websites inherited from another developer
• Applications that stopped working after a PHP upgrade
• Projects that still work but need security modernization
This service covers legacy PHP repair and modernization within the agreed scope.
Every legacy application is different.
A small website containing outdated PHP code is very different from a large custom application developed over 10+ years.
Extensive rewrites, major architecture changes, completely unsupported third-party components or large applications may require additional work.
We review the supplied project and determine what can reasonably be completed within the selected service.
Where access allows it, an appropriate backup should be created or verified before significant changes are made.
This provides a recovery point before modernization work begins.
Our goal isn't automatically to sell you a completely new application.
If the existing system can reasonably be repaired and modernized, we'll focus on fixing what actually needs to be fixed.
Old code doesn't always mean a dead project.
Sometimes it just needs the right upgrade.
We work with websites, custom applications, databases, APIs, automation and legacy systems.
That allows us to look beyond individual PHP errors and understand how the application works as a whole.
Repair the old code.
Patch the security issues.
Bring your application forward.
Not sure whether your old PHP website can be saved?
Message us through eBay.