Modernized the Orin DaBen Foundation’s PHP-based website through a comprehensive platform upgrade, containerization, and security hardening initiative. The project transformed a legacy PHP 5.4 application into a secure, maintainable, and future-ready platform.
Docker Migration
- Migrated the existing site into a containerized Docker environment for improved portability, consistency, and ease of deployment.
- Isolated application dependencies to eliminate environment-specific issues and simplify ongoing maintenance.
• PHP Upgrade
- Upgraded the codebase from PHP 5.4 to PHP 8.3, delivering major performance gains and access to modern language features.
- Refactored deprecated functions, updated syntax, and resolved compatibility issues throughout the application.
• Code Modernization
- Rewrote legacy code to follow modern PHP standards and best practices.
- Improved code readability, maintainability, and long-term extensibility.
• Security Hardening
- Secured the application against SQL injection using parameterized queries and prepared statements.
- Implemented cross-site scripting (XSS) protections through proper output escaping and content security policies.
- Conducted a full security audit and remediated identified vulnerabilities.
• Responsive Theme
- Developed and launched a new responsive theme providing an optimal experience across all device sizes.
- Modernized the visual design to better reflect the Foundation’s mission and audience.
• Ongoing Monitoring
- Set up continuous uptime and performance monitoring to ensure reliability.
- Established alerting workflows for proactive issue detection and resolution.