The PHP2Shell flaws became public on 21 October 2026, and attackers had been testing them since 17 October. They hit every PHP release back to PHP 5, can allow code execution without a login, and are patched only in PHP 8.2 and above. Don't worry: we can rebuild your PHP app on Django, admin panel included, in 7 days. Who PHP2Shell affects.
Our PHP to Django migration services in USA and UK firms trust are for apps that need a lot built in: user accounts, permissions, forms, an admin area for staff and solid security. Django is the Python framework known as batteries included. Much of what your PHP team wrote by hand ships with Django and is maintained by its core developers.
The headline feature is the Django admin. Once your data is described as Django models, staff get a working back office to search, filter, edit and export records, with per-user permissions, without us writing a single admin template. Add the Django ORM, automatic schema migrations, CSRF protection, a strong password system and Django REST Framework for APIs, and a typical PHP app can drop a large share of its custom code.
We are an Indian web development company with more than a decade of experience, working hours that line up with the United States and the United Kingdom. We agree a fixed price and launch your app on a supported Django LTS release.
Why Django is a strong home for a PHP app
Django makes many decisions for you, and they are good ones. That suits business apps with lots of data, forms and staff users, where you want to build features rather than plumbing.
An admin panel for free
The Django admin turns your models into a full back office. That can let you retire a custom PHP admin that took months to build.
Security switched on
CSRF tokens, auto-escaped templates, parameterised ORM queries, clickjacking protection and PBKDF2 or Argon2 password hashing are defaults, not add-ons.
Long-term support releases
Django LTS versions get security fixes for about three years, so you plan upgrades on a calendar instead of reacting to emergencies.
What we build in Django
- Django models for every table, mapped to your existing database
- Django migrations to manage schema changes from now on
- Views and URL patterns that keep your current page addresses
- PHP templates converted to Django templates
- Forms rebuilt with Django forms and model forms, including validation
- A configured Django admin with groups, permissions and search
- Django REST Framework endpoints for mobile apps or a JavaScript front end
- Celery workers for emails, imports and scheduled tasks
How the 7-day Django migration runs
Day 1: Map tables to models
We study your PHP app and database, plan the Django apps and models, and agree a fixed price and scope.
Days 2-4: Build models, views and admin
We generate models from your schema with inspectdb, refine them, then rebuild views, templates, forms and the admin.
Days 5-6: Test with real data
Django's test runner and manual checks confirm every page, form and permission works as it did in PHP.
Day 7: Launch
We deploy on Gunicorn behind Nginx, move the domain, and keep the PHP version on hand for a quick rollback.
Custom PHP vs Django
This is what your team stops maintaining by hand after the move.
| Custom PHP app | Django app | |
|---|---|---|
| Admin area | Built and maintained by hand | Django admin generated from models |
| Database changes | SQL files run manually | makemigrations and migrate commands |
| Forms | HTML plus hand-written checks | Django forms with validation and error display |
| User accounts | Home-made login and roles | django.contrib.auth with groups and permissions |
| APIs | Custom JSON scripts | Django REST Framework with serializers |
| Support | Whoever wrote it | LTS releases from the Django project |
Why choose us for a Django migration
We set up Django the way experienced Python teams do: sensible app boundaries, settings split by environment, and an admin your staff will actually like using.
Old passwords still work
We add a small custom password hasher that accepts your PHP bcrypt hashes and quietly upgrades each one to Django's default hasher on the next login.
Fixed price set after the free audit.
NDA signed before we touch your code.
Django migration for USA and UK companies
This service is planned around small and mid-sized businesses in the USA and the UK that run a data-heavy PHP app with staff who manage records every day. We work across the US Eastern morning and the UK afternoon, and answer on the same day.
Choosing an offshore Django team cuts the cost well below local agency rates, while you keep an NDA, one project manager, a fixed price and a launch date in writing.
Official sources: PHP supported versions · Django
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers about our PHP to Django Migration service.
Most small and medium PHP apps can be on Django in 7 days, with a day to plan, three to build, two to test and launch on day seven. Very large systems are delivered in phases, and the first phase goes live inside those 7 days.
In most cases, yes. The Django admin covers listing, searching, filtering, editing and permissions. For special screens we add custom admin actions or a few extra views rather than rebuilding everything.
Yes. Django supports MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL. We read your schema with inspectdb, so your data stays where it is, and Django migrations handle changes after launch.
If you only need a small, fast JSON API, FastAPI is lighter. If the site is mostly content on WordPress, a PHP upgrade is cheaper. Django shines for data-heavy apps with staff users.
Yes, once the PHP server is shut down. PHP2Shell is a flaw in the PHP engine, and Django runs on Python. We also deploy on a supported Django LTS with security updates.
Yes. Our team serves clients in the United States and United Kingdom with overlapping hours, same-day answers, an NDA and a fixed price.
Is your PHP app still on an old version?
Send us the URL or the repository. We check it for the PHP2Shell flaw and old code for free, and tell you what a 7-day migration looks like.
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