Hire Yii developers to build and scale your web applications.

There is no single rate for Yii developers. Cost depends on the seniority you need, the engagement model you choose (adding developers to your team, a dedicated team, or a fixed-price project), how long the engagement runs and the scope of the work. For Yii work, the biggest drivers are whether the application is on Yii 1.1 or Yii2, how far Gii-generated and third-party extension code has been modified, the state of test coverage, and whether a migration to Yii3 or Laravel is in scope. Share your requirements and we will come back with a quote for your situation.

Yes. Dedicated Yii developers join your existing team and work under your direction day to day, inside your tools and process. If you need several roles, a dedicated team adds development, QA and technical support around your application.

You tell us the technology, seniority, role and team structure you need. We recommend Yii developer profiles that match those requirements, and you review the profiles and speak with the engineers yourself before anyone joins your team. When you interview, the areas worth testing are yii2 ActiveRecord relations, eager loading and query building; configuring RBAC with authManager, rules and access filters; basic versus advanced application templates and module structure; behaviors, events and components in the Yii2 lifecycle; running Yii 1.1 or Yii2 on newer PHP versions safely; and writing Codeception functional and unit tests for Yii.

Yes. They work in your time zone or with a meaningful overlap agreed up front, and inside your own tools and process: Slack or Teams, Jira, GitHub or GitLab, your standups, sprint planning and code review.

Through your tools and routines, with regular updates. Projects start with an assessment and an agreed scope and milestones, then move through iterative development with code review and testing before each release.

It depends on which engineers with the right skills are available when you get in touch, so we do not publish a fixed start date. Availability is part of the conversation when we recommend profiles, and the start date is agreed with you before the engagement begins.

Because you interview the engineers before anyone joins, fit is tested before work starts. If concerns come up once the engagement is running, raise them with us directly. How changes to the team are handled is set out in the terms you agree with us at the start.

A freelancer suits small, well-defined tasks you can manage yourself. A dedicated developer joins your team under your direction. A dedicated team adds several roles around your product, and a project-based team delivers a defined outcome end to end.

Business platforms, admin panels and back-office systems, REST APIs for mobile applications, and feature work on existing Yii codebases, using Yii2's basic or advanced templates and modular architecture.

Yes. We maintain and extend Yii 1.1 applications and can move them onto a supported PHP version. Where a rewrite is not justified, keeping the existing system stable and secure is often the better option. For Yii2 we build new applications, modules and REST APIs.

Yes. Check which application template it uses, basic or advanced, how RBAC is stored, whether Gii-generated code has been customized in place, and which extensions are abandoned. It is also worth checking the PHP version, Composer lock state and test coverage, since these decide how safely new features can be added.

Yes. Yii2's ActiveController and REST module provide resource routing, content negotiation, pagination and serialization out of the box. Combined with token-based authentication filters, rate limiting and versioned modules, it makes a solid API backend, and it can sit alongside an existing Yii2 web interface that shares the same models.

Start with eager loading through with() to remove repeated relation queries, then enable schema caching and query caching backed by Redis or Memcached. The Yii2 debug toolbar shows slow queries per request, and fragment or page caching helps on read-heavy screens.

Very different. Yii2 was a rewrite of Yii 1.1 with namespaces, Composer and a new ActiveRecord API, so code does not carry across unchanged. Yii3 is again a separate design, split into independent packages built around PSR standards and dependency injection. Each jump is a migration project rather than a routine upgrade.

Yes. We take over long-running Yii applications, keep them secure on supported PHP versions, update dependencies and continue feature development.

Not automatically. We look at the size of the codebase, how actively it is changing and what the migration would cost, then recommend staying on Yii2, moving to Yii3, or migrating to Laravel with a staged plan. Yes. A common approach routes specific paths to a new Laravel or Yii3 application while the existing Yii app keeps serving the rest, both sharing the same database. Features move across one area at a time, so the business never depends on a single cut-over date.

We check the PHP version, Composer lock state, third-party extensions and test coverage, add tests around the critical paths, then move the application onto a supported PHP version in reviewable steps.

Yes. After launch we can continue with maintenance, security and dependency updates, fixes and new features. The scope of ongoing support is agreed with you rather than sold as a fixed package.