PHP2Shell has landed: two critical bugs in PHP itself, rated 9.2 out of 10 and made public on 21 October 2026. Amazon's threat team saw the first attack attempt on 17 October, before any patch existed. A Yii app on PHP 7.x or 8.0 cannot receive the fix at all. Don't worry: we rebuild Yii apps on Laravel and patched PHP 8.4 in 7 days. Read the full PHP2Shell news.
Our Yii to Laravel migration services in USA and UK businesses rely on are aimed at one common situation: a Yii 1.1 or Yii2 app that runs the business, a shrinking pool of people who know it, and a PHP version that is now a security risk. We move that app to Laravel on PHP 8.4 without losing records, logins or links.
Yii was a sharp choice ten or more years ago. Gii generated CRUD screens in minutes, GridView and ActiveForm made admin pages quick, and ActiveRecord handled the database. Laravel covers the same ground today with Eloquent, Blade, Form Requests and admin tools such as Filament, while its community and package list keep growing.
We are an Indian development team with more than a decade of PHP behind us, and we work on hours that suit clients in the United States and the United Kingdom. You get a written scope, a fixed price and a Laravel app you can hand to any PHP developer.
Reasons to move a Yii app to Laravel
Yii2 still gets maintenance releases, and Yii3 is a separate rewrite, so staying on Yii means a big jump either way. Laravel gives you the same speed of building plus a far larger set of ready packages.
No more hunting for Yii experts
Recruiting a Yii developer in America or Britain is slow. Laravel skills are common, so new hires can read your code in their first week.
Packages for almost everything
Cashier for Stripe billing, Sanctum for API tokens, Horizon for queue monitoring and Scout for search replace custom Yii extensions you had to maintain alone.
Modern PHP from day one
Laravel requires a current PHP release, so the rebuilt app runs on PHP 8.4 with typed properties, enums and readonly classes available to your team.
Everything we carry over from Yii
- ActiveRecord models rewritten as Eloquent models with the same relations
- Yii console migrations turned into Laravel migration files
- Controllers, actions and URL rules mapped to Laravel routes
- Views and layouts rewritten in Blade
- GridView and DetailView admin screens rebuilt as Blade tables or a Filament panel
- Yii RBAC roles and permissions mapped to Laravel gates and policies
- Behaviors such as timestamps and sluggable fields moved to traits and observers
- Console commands and queue jobs moved to Artisan and Laravel queues
Our 7-day Yii to Laravel schedule
Day 1: Map the Yii app
We confirm whether you are on Yii 1.1 or Yii2, list every module, extension, cron job and table, and agree the fixed price.
Days 2-4: Port to Laravel
Laravel goes onto PHP 8.4, the schema follows, and we rewrite models, controllers, views and access rules in that order.
Days 5-6: Check every screen
We test forms, filters, exports and permissions against the live Yii app, then you click through a private staging copy.
Day 7: Launch
We move the domain to Laravel, keep the Yii build ready as a rollback and watch the logs closely after launch.
Yii vs Laravel at a glance
Most Yii concepts have a direct Laravel match, so your team will recognise the structure straight away.
| Yii / Yii2 | Laravel | |
|---|---|---|
| Code generation | Gii web generator | Artisan make commands and starter kits |
| Database layer | ActiveRecord and Query Builder | Eloquent ORM and Query Builder |
| Admin screens | GridView, DetailView and ActiveForm widgets | Blade components or a Filament admin panel |
| Access control | RBAC component and access filters | Gates, policies and middleware |
| Templates | Plain PHP view files | Blade with automatic output escaping |
| Talent pool | Thin outside a few regions | Wide in the USA, UK and offshore |
What you get when we move your Yii app
We start by reading your Yii configuration files, because that is where the real wiring of a Yii app lives: components, URL rules, modules and database settings.
Users log in with their old passwords
Yii2 creates bcrypt hashes through its Security component, and Laravel verifies those hashes without any change, so nobody gets a reset email after launch.
One fixed quote after the audit, covering the whole migration.
An NDA is in place before you share repository access.
Yii to Laravel migration for USA and UK teams
This service is meant for small and mid-sized businesses across the USA and the UK whose Yii software handles real work every day. We are online during the US Eastern morning and the whole UK afternoon, and every message gets a reply before the day ends.
Hiring an offshore team for a Yii rebuild keeps the budget far below local agency rates. You still get a single point of contact, a signed NDA, a fixed price and a launch date you can plan around.
Official sources: PHP supported versions · Laravel documentation
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers about our Yii to Laravel Migration service.
A typical small or medium Yii app moves in 7 days, with one day of audit, three of building, two of testing and the launch on day seven. Very big systems are split into phases, and the first phase still goes live within those 7 days.
Both. Yii 1.1 apps take a little more care because their models and views follow older patterns, but the target is the same: clean Eloquent models, Blade views and Laravel routes running on PHP 8.4.
Yii3 is a different framework from Yii2, built from separate packages, so moving to it is a rewrite too. If you are going to rewrite, Laravel gives you more developers and more ready packages for the same effort.
It can. We can rebuild your GridView screens in Blade so staff see familiar tables and filters, or move them into Filament if you want a cleaner admin. You choose during the audit.
It closes the hole. The Laravel app runs on PHP 8.4 with the October 2026 fix applied, while old PHP 7 versions will never be patched. We also review raw SQL while porting it.
Yes. The service is set up for clients in the United States and United Kingdom, with working hours that overlap yours, same-day replies, an NDA and a fixed price.
Is your PHP app still on an old version?
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